Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Coplen v. United States
Coplen v. United States, 429 U.S. 1073 (1977)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1977-01-25
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- doctrine of equitable estoppel will be applied, in appropriate case, to prevent United States from denying existence of a contractual agreement
- warrant or exigent circumstances required for seizure of parked aircraft after officer looked in window and spotted marijuana debris
- no search to view interior of aircraft standing in public place
- interior of airplane visible from parking lot of airport
- in such cases "surveillance" might be the better word
- inapplicability of section 558(c) to failure to renew license
- inapplicability of § 558(c) to failure to renew license
- “Implied-in-fact contracts differ from contracts implied in law (quasi-contracts
Citator
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.