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WIREN v. EIDE

No. 74-1169.

542 F.2d 757 (1976)

John E. WIREN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald EIDE, as District Director of the Bureau of Customs, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Corrected July 9, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Emery (argued), of The Northwest Washington Legal Services, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles Mansfield, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellees.

Before CHAMBERS, KOELSCH and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges.

KOELSCH, Circuit Judge:

On his return from Canada in February, 1972, appellant Wiren and the three passengers in his 1970 Volkswagen were stopped and searched at the Blaine, Washington, border station. When a body search of one of the passengers revealed a small quantity of hashish, customs agents seized Wiren's car as a vehicle used to transport contraband into the United States.1 Immediately thereafter, Wiren — claiming he had...

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