[TomD]

If his request is to look in your cooler which I think is well within his right and finds no violation mission accomplished.

Beyond that if he continues his search not having found a violation and fails to ask for your permission to expand his search he may have exceeded his authority.

If he counted the fish in the cooler and you have exceeded the limit I think he has every right to continue his search.

I do stay in Holiday Inns (when I have no options) On one occasion my wife and I stay in a Holiday Inn in Little Rock and we broke the bed when we asked for another room they said no but gave us enough telephone books to prop it up so I do believe there is justice but Lady Law has been known to be a little fickle.