Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Olympus Corp. v. United States

Olympus Corp. v. United States, 486 U.S. 1042 (1988)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-06-06
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that limiting instruction in “tools of the trade” case properly protected the defendants from undue prejudice
  • holding that the CIT does not have exclusive jurisdiction under § 1581(i)(3) to hear a challenge to Customs Service regulations permitting parallel importation of “gray market” goods
  • noting that an accused’s possession of a weapon or implement “suitable to the commission of the crime charged ... is always a proper ingredient of the case for the prosecution”
  • government informant testifies that co-conspirator told him that defendant was an agent for marijuana buyers and a member of the conspiracy
  • “evasive movements are part of the performance of the crime”
  • guns are tools of trade for international drug smuggling
  • invalidating post-accident drug testing of railroad employees
  • post-accident testing of railroad workers

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.