This was in Beverly Hills. I remember this seizure.
Yep. It's disturbing what law enforcement can get away with.
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One of the lawyers arguing the case
Ninth circuit tends to be motivated by politics not legal principles
When the case went before a lower court last year, federal Judge Gary Klausner ruled that the FBI's inventory of the seized safe deposit boxes was legal, despite acknowledging that attorneys for the plaintiffs "have certainly shown that the government had a dual motive in inventorying the contents of each deposit box."