The following excerpt is from United States v. Elder, 446 F.2d 587 (9th Cir. 1971):
On appeal, the argument is that the search violated his Fourth Amendment rights. Appellant reminds us that the Fourth Amendment protects people and not places, Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 88 S.Ct. 507, 19 L.Ed.2d 576 (1967), and that he had a right to be free from intrusion in this tent even though it was on federal property at the time. While we agree with this abstract proposition it does not fit the facts of this case.
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