Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Olympus Corp. v. United States
486 U.S. 1042
- 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
Citator
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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.