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"On the record of this case, the police officers violated appellant's Fourth Amendment rights by unzipping his jacket without his permission and without probable cause or a warrant."

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"On the record of this case, the police officers violated appellant's Fourth Amendment rights by unzipping his jacket without his permission and without probable cause or a warrant." So holds the majority of the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in a lengthy ruling issued today.

Back on April 6, 2007, a three-judge panel reached the opposite result by a 2-1 vote. My coverage of that decision appears at this link.

The dissenter on the three-judge panel is the author of today's en banc majority opinion, while the author of the three-judge panel's majority opinion is the author of today's en banc dissent.

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 20, 2008 (boomark / email).

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