United States Fifth Circuit

Individuals may not raise jurisdictional objections to searches under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 USC app. 1903, only nations of the flagged vessels may object.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/13/2001
• Published 11/13/2001

Judges

• ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:, Before EMILIO M. GARZA and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and ELLISON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael R. Dreeben,Teal E. Luthy (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Trude K. Scott, Law Offices of Trude Scott, Abigail Lenore Keenan (argued), Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.