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· 7/1/1863

Evans v. Pittsburgh

Citations

  • 8 F. Cas. 881
  • 10 Pitts L.J. 233

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that detention of household goods for seven days for the purpose of obtaining a civilian search warrant was not unreasonable government action and did not constitute a Fourth Amendment violation
  • holding that detention of household goods for seven days for the purpose of obtaining a civilian search warrant was not unreasonable government action and did not constitute a Fourth Amend- ment violation
  • holding a seven-day hold on Visser’s military household goods shipment for purposes to obtain a civilian search warrant was reasonable Government action
  • both applying “reasonableness” standard to measure Fourth Amendment constitutionality of government action in military context
  • both applying “reasonableness” standard to measure Fourth Amendment constitutionality of government action in military context

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Judges: Grier

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