Eighth Circuit: Farmers Surrender Fourth Amendment Rights When Driving Their Own Trucks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Dave Roland July 26, 2019 (573) 567-0307 Eighth Circuit: Farmers Surrender Fourth Amendment Rights When Driving Their Own Trucks Mexico, Missouri—Today a three-judge panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a person surrenders their Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures simply by getting behind the wheel of any vehicle the state defines as a “commercial vehicle” – and that this applies to farmers who…