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· 9/15/1840

Breau v. Landry

Citations

  • 16 La. 88

How courts have described this case

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  • 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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