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Date: 1985United States v. Montoya de Hernandez  

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  • In United States v. Montoya De Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531 (1985), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of an extended detention at an airport of a passenger from Bogota, Colombia, whom agents suspected of smuggling drugs. Rosa Elvira Montoya de Hernandez had arrived at the Los Angeles Airport after midnight on March 5, 1983, from Bogota, Colombia. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; United States v. Montoya de Hernandez]

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  • Date: 1985

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-RKBHRSX9-G

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