United States Ninth Circuit

The transport of drugs on a nonstop flight from one location within the United States to another does not constitute importation within the meaning of 21 U.S.C. section 952(a), even though the flight traveled through international airspace.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/09/2002
• Decided 06/06/2003
• Published 06/06/2003

Judges

• Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, KOZINSKI, O'SCANNLAIN, KLEINFELD, HAWKINS, GRABER, McKEOWN, W. FLETCHER, FISHER, PAEZ and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Rory K. Little, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellants Cabaccang., Elizabeth A. Fisher, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the defendant-appellant James Cabaccang., Arthur E. Ross, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the defendant-appellant Richard T. Cabaccang., Sarah Courageous, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the defendant-appellant Roy Toves Cabaccang., Kathleen A. Felton, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellee.