California v. Ciraolo
Case Date: 11/04/1986
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California v. Ciraolo
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 10, 1985
Decided May 19, 1986
Full case name
California v. Ciraolo
Citations
476 U.S. 207 (more)
476 U.S. 207
Prior history
Pled guilty in trial court; reversed by California Court of Appeal
Holding
The Fourth Amendment was not violated by the naked-eye aerial observation of respondent's backyard.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority
Burger, joined by White, Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor
Dissent
Powell, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun
Laws applied
U.S. Const., amend. IV
California v. Ciraolo, 476 U.S. 207 (1986), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which it ruled that warrantless aerial observation of a person's backyard did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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