· 9/15/1840
Breau v. Landry
Citations
- 16 La. 88
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding the city violated the Fourth Amendment by requiring property owners to submit to a warrantless pre-sale inspection before receiving permission to sell property.
- homeowners were coerced to submit to a home inspection because it was required to sell a home and noncompliance would result in criminal penalty
- “[A] municipality violates the Fourth Amendment when it requires a property owner to consent to a warrantless inspection of their property or face a criminal penalty, unless a valid exception to the warrant requirement exists.”
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