In theBond v.United States case referenced in the text,the U.S.Supreme Court held that a border patrol officer cannot touch or squeeze a bus passenger's carry-on bag placed in the overhead rack,even though other passengers might also be expected to touch the bag.

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The statement correctly describes the holding of the Bond v. United States case. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a border patrol officer's touch or squeeze of a bus passenger's carry-on bag placed in the overhead rack constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment, and therefore requires a warrant or an exception to the warrant requirement. Even if other passengers might also touch the bag while accessing their own bags, that fact does not change the intrusiveness of the officer's physical manipulation of the bag.

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