The following excerpt is from U.S. v. MacKay, 606 F.2d 264 (9th Cir. 1979):
The holding rested upon the view that the exigencies which permit warrantless searches of automobiles, Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42, 90 S.Ct. 1975, 26 L.Ed.2d 419 (1970) is inapplicable to a suitcase properly
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