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· 10/15/1852

Allen v. Shed

Citations

  • 64 Mass. 375

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting “first, that privacy— freedom from government scrutiny—is a fundamental prin- ciple and value protected by Article I, section 9 and, second, that privacy is grounded in particular social contexts”
  • although Article I, section 9, rights are “not defined by private property or contractual rights,” they “may inform the analysis in a given case”
  • court was bound by trial court’s finding that the private person had acted “exclusively at the request and direction of the police”
  • “For purposes of Article I, section 9, a ‘search’ occurs when governmental action invades a protected pri- vacy interest.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
  • “For purposes of Article I, section 9, a ‘search’ occurs when governmental action invades a protected pri- vacy interest.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
  • “Tortious invasion of privacy is one of the limited number of torts in Oregon in which a plaintiff may be awarded damages consisting solely of mental suffering caused by the violation.”

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