LEWIS v. McMASTERS

No. 80-4059.

663 F.2d 954 (1981)

Louise E. LEWIS and Velma "Slim" Ivory, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Charles L. McMASTERS, Jim Meder, and Paul Kalpakoff, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1981.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard C. Hoar, Jr., Fresno, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James D. Weakley, Fresno, Cal., Carol Hunter, Sacramento, Cal., argued for defendants-appellees; Eldridge, Newman, Aron & Liggett, Fresno, Cal., Darryl L. Doke, Sacramento, Cal., on brief.

Before KILKENNY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and PANNER, District Judge.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Ivory was the manager of an automobile dismantling yard owned and operated by appellant Lewis. In 1976, law enforcement officers conducted a warrantless inspection of Lewis' property pursuant to Cal.Veh.Code § 2805 (Deering).1 During the course of this inspection, the officers seized a steel drum filled with old metal parts. The drum was taken to the County Industrial Farm, where it was opened and searched...

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