TORBET v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

No. 01-55319.

298 F.3d 1087 (2002)

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.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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.

Before HUG, FARRIS and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

FARRIS, Circuit Judge.

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 of Los Angeles Department of Airports,...

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