Schwarz v. St. Jude Med., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing trial court’s suppression order where “undisputed evidence showed that [principal] took [substitute teacher’s] phone and looked through it for the purpose of giving it to the police for investigation.”
• “We reaffirm that the Fourth Amendment is a restraint on government and that it does not apply to private individuals who are acting as such.”
• “We reaffirm that the Fourth Amendment is a restraint on government and that it does not apply to private individuals who are acting as such.”
• “We reaffirm that the Fourth Amendment is a restraint on government and that it does not apply to private individuals who are acting as such.”
• Art. 38.23’s “‘other person’ provision has supported suppression of evidence obtained by private individuals in violation of criminal laws.”
• “The Fourth Amendment only applies to searches and seizures by agents of the government; it does not extend to the conduct of private persons who are not acting as government agents.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).