Silverman v. United States

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Silverman v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 5, 1960
Decided March 6, 1961
Full case name: Silverman v. United States
Citations: 365 U.S. 505; 81 S. Ct. 679; 5 L. Ed. 2d 734; 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1605; 97 A.L.R.2d 1277
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.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Earl Warren
Associate Justices: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Tom C. Clark, John Marshall Harlan II, William J. Brennan, Jr., Charles Evans Whittaker, Potter Stewart
Case opinions
Majority by: Stewart
Joined by: unanimous
Concurrence by: Douglas
Joined by: Clark, Whittaker
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. IV

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