Silverman v. United States
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Silverman v. United States | |||||
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Argued December 5, 1960 Decided March 6, 1961 |
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Full case name | Silverman v. United States | ||||
Citations | 365 U.S. 505 (more)
81 S. Ct. 679; 5 L. Ed. 2d 734; 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1605; 97 A.L.R.2d 1277
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Prior history | Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. | ||||
Holding | |||||
A federal officer may not, without warrant, physically entrench into a person's office or home to secretly observe or listen and relate at the man's subsequent criminal trial what was seen or heard. | |||||
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Case opinions | |||||
Majority | Stewart, joined by unanimous | ||||
Concurrence | Douglas, joined by Clark, Whittaker | ||||
Laws applied | |||||
U.S. Const. amend. IV |
Silverman v. United States, 365 U.S. 505 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that a federal officer may not, without warrant, physically place themselves into the space of a person's office or home to secretly observe or listen and relate at the man's subsequent criminal trial what was seen or heard.
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