· 4/26/1954
Hamme v. Commissioner
Citations
- 347 U.S. 954
- 74 S. Ct. 679
- 98 L. Ed. 1099
- 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2190
How courts have described this case
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- holding impermissibly overbroad a warrant in tax fraud investigation authorizing the seizure of all business records
- holding impermissibly overbroad a warrant in tax fraud investigation authorizing the seizure of all business records
- concluding warrant did not satisfy particularity requirement because \[i]t authorized government agents to rummage through all of [defendant's records] seeking any information pertaining to any federal crime\
- concluding warrant did not satisfy particularity requirement because “[i]t authorized government agents to rummage through all of [defendant’s records] seeking any information pertaining to any federal crime”
- stating that § 371 is so broad that citing it “places no real limitation on the warrant”
- stating that “[t]he particularity requirement ensures that a search is confined in scope to particularly described evidence relating to a specific crime for which there is demonstrated probable cause”
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