Ross v. Bowker

Parentheticals

• defendant abandoned bag while being pursued by airport authorities. The agents later retrieved the bag, searched it, and found cocaine

  Floyd v. United States

• defendant who threw a bag containing cocaine over a fence during pursuit by drug agents had “abandoned the shoulder bag and failed to establish a legitimate subjective expectation of privacy” in it

  United States v. Daniel Thomas

• “[0]ne may not circumvent § 211(a) [now § 511(a) ] by seeking damages on a constitutional claim arising out of a denial of benefits.”

  Pate v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs