CASSIDY v. CHERTOFF

Docket No. 05-1835-cv.

471 F.3d 67 (2006)

Michael CASSIDY, Robert J. Cabin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael CHERTOFF, Secretary, United States Department of Homeland Security, in his official capacity, Thomas H. Collins, Admiral, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, in his official capacity, Glenn Wiltshire, Captain, United States Coast Guard Federal Maritime Security Coordinator, New York Captain-of-the-Port Zone, in his official capacity, Lake Champlain Transportation Company, Inc., in its capacity as agent of the United States Government, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Final Submission: September 29, 2006.

Decided: November 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Nelson, Cooperating Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont, Middlebury, VT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Douglas N. Letter, Appellate Litigation Counsel, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington D.C., and Michael Brow, Sylvester & Maley, Inc., Burlington, VT (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C.; David V. Kirby, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont; Carol L. Shea, Assistant United States Attorney, Burlington, VT on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WINTER, POOLER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.


SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Michael Cassidy and Robert J. Cabin appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Murtha, J.) granting defendants-appellants Michael Chertoff, Thomas H. Collins, Glenn Wiltshire, and Lake Champlain Transportation Company's ("LCT") motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' claim that LCT's practice of searching the carry-on baggage of randomly selected passengers and inspecting randomly...

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