The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Johnson, 572 F.2d 227 (9th Cir. 1978):
2 There is no contention that this was anything but an investigatory search. The vehicle had been inventoried after seizure and no contraband had been found. Had the evidence in question been uncovered during the noninvestigatory inventory, there would be little doubt of its admissibility. See South Dakota v. Opperman, 428 U.S. 364, 376, 96 S.Ct. 3092, 49 L.Ed.2d 1000.
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