The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Cardona, 769 F.2d 625 (9th Cir. 1985):
The leading case in this circuit on extended border searches is Alexander v. United States, 362 F.2d 379 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 385 U.S. 977, 87 S.Ct. 519, 17 L.Ed.2d 439 (1966). There, the court stated the test for determining the validity of a post-entry border search:
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