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CA8: AR motor carrier act provides warrant substitute

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Arkansas Motor Carrier Act provides permissible warrant substitute. United States v. Ruiz, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 13185 (8th Cir. June 18, 2009): Our sister circuits that have considered the issue have all held warrantless inspections of commercial trucks advance a substantial governmental interest and are necessary, see United States v. Delgado, 545 F.3d 1195, 1202 (9th Cir. 2008), United States v. Maldonado, 356 F.3d 130, 135-36 (1st Cir. 2004), United States v. Fort, 248 F.3d 475, 481 (5th Cir. 2001), United States v. Vasquez-Castillo, 258 F.3d 1207, 1211 (10th Cir. 2001), United States v. Dominguez-Prieto, 923 F.2d 464, 468-69 (6th Cir. 1991), and we have implicitly so held, see United States v. Mendoza-Gonzalez, 363 F.3d 788, 793-94 (8th Cir...continue to full post

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