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1986 United States Supreme Court case

Dow Chemical Co. v. United States, 476 U.S. 227 (1986), was a United States Supreme Court case decided in 1986 dealing with the right to privacy and advanced technology of aerial surveillance.

Factual background and decision

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The EPA used, without a search warrant , a commercial aerial photographer to get photographs of a heavily guarded Dow facility that was, according to the petitioner, protected by the State Trade Secret Law. The decision: For purposes of aerial surveillance, the open areas of an industrial complex are more comparable to an "open field" in which an individual may not legitimately demand privacy.[1] In the absence of a "reasonable expectation of privacy" the Fourth Amendment prohibiting unreasonable searches does not apply.

See also

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• Aerial surveillance doctrine

• California v. Ciraolo , 476 U.S. 207 (1986)

• California v. Greenwood , 486 U.S. 35 (1988)

• Curtilage

• Expectation of privacy

• Florida v. Riley , 488 U.S. 445 (1989)

• Kyllo v. United States , 533 U.S. 27 (2001)

• Open-fields doctrine

References

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1. ↑ Oliver v. United States, 466 U. S. 170

Further reading

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• Diane Rosenwasser Skalak, Dow Chemical Co. v. United States: Aerial Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment, 3 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 277 (1986) Available at: http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/pelr/vol3/iss2/6

• "AERIAL SEARCHES OF FENCED AREAS UPHELD BY COURT," The New York Times (May 20, 1986)

External links

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• Text of Dow Chemical Co. v. United States, 476 U.S. 227 (1986) is available from: Findlaw Google Scholar Internet Archive (docket files) Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)

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United States Fourth Amendment case law

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Scope of the Fourth Amendment

Definition of search

• _Boyd v. United States _ (1886)
• _United States v. Lee _ (1927)
• _Olmstead v. United States _ (1928)
• _Abel v. United States _ (1960)
• _Silverman v. United States _ (1961)
• _Katz v. United States _ (1967)
• _United States v. Knotts _ (1983)
• _United States v. Place _ (1983)
• _United States v. Karo _ (1984)
• _California v. Greenwood _ (1988)
• _Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives Ass'n _ (1989)
• _United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez _ (1990)
• _Bond v. United States _ (2000)
• _Kyllo v. United States _ (2001)
• _Illinois v. Caballes _ (2005)
• _United States v. Jones _ (2012)
• _Florida v. Jardines _ (2013)
• _Klayman v. Obama _ (D.D.C. 2013)
• _American Civil Liberties Union v. Clapper _ (D.D.C. 2013)

Definition of seizure

• _Counselman v. Hitchcock _ (1892)
• _Hale v. Henkel _ (1906)
• _Terry v. Ohio _ (1968)
• _United States v. Mendenhall _ (1980)
• _Florida v. Royer _ (1983)
• _INS v. Delgado _ (1984)
• _California v. Hodari D. _ (1991)
• _Florida v. Bostick _ (1991)
• _Soldal v. Cook County _ (1992)
• _United States v. Drayton _ (2002)
• _Brendlin v. California _ (2007)
• _Torres v. Madrid _ (2021)

Third-party entry

• _Wilson v. Layne _ (1999)

Fourth Amendment standing

• _Rakas v. Illinois _ (1978)
• _Byrd v. United States _ (2018)

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Warrant requirement

• _Johnson v. United States _ (1948)
• _Franks v. Delaware _ (1978)
• _Ybarra v. Illinois _ (1979)
• _Maryland v. Garrison _ (1987)
• _United States v. Grubbs _ (2006)
• _[Los Angeles County v. Rettelle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_term_per_curiam_opinions_of_the_Su

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