No. 01-55319

Good Law
298 F.3d 1087
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 7, 20021087California1,249 words

Opinion

Opinion

298 F.3d 1087 Hugo TORBET, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.; Board of Airport Commissioners, City of Los Angeles; Mike Edwards and Does 1 through 50, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-55319. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 8, 2002. Filed August 7, 2002. Vincent Chan, Esq., Los Angeles, CA, for the appellant. Ashley E. Dempsey and Douglas J. Pahl, Kern & Wooley, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for appellee United Airlines, Inc. Douglas S. Knoll, Esq., Camarillo, CA, for appellees City of Los Angeles Department of Airports and Mike Edwards. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; A. Howard Matz, District Judge, Presiding. Before HUG, FARRIS and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges. OPINION FARRIS, Circuit Judge. 1 Hugo Torbet's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action raises the question of whether the Fourth Amendment permits a random search, at an airport security checkpoint, of a carry-on bag that has passed through an x-ray scan without arousing suspicion that the bag contains weapons or explosives. It does. We affirm the district court's grant of judgment on the pleadings for United Airlines, the City…

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