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· 8/16/2005

John C. Bleavins v. Joel H. Bartels, Roger Bay, Vernon McGregor

Citations

  • 422 F.3d 445
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 17212
  • 2005 WL 1950296

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting that area was shielded from public as the chain link and wire fencing did not visibly obscure the area
  • “Areas that are ‘intimately connected with the ... activities’ of the home include, for example, backyards.”
  • “[Proximity] tends to be very case-specific, and its significance is highly dependent on other factors.”
  • there is generally no right to privacy in a driveway
  • backyards are “intimately connected with the ... activities.”

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Judges: Bauer, Ripple, Wood

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