Scott v. Hehle

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• holding that the State of Ohio did not waive immunity by generally defending itself when it raised defenses in addition to sovereign immunity
• noting that the doctrine allows officers to enter open fields but not to search personal effects found there
• noting that the doctrine allows officers to enter open fields but not to search personal effects found there
• noting that no case to date had used the open fields doctrine to justify “a search of personal effects or of a commercial structure in a field”
• noting that no case to date had used the open fields doctrine to justify “a search of personal effects or of a commercial structure in a field”
• “In decisions following Katz, the Supreme Court has consistently adhered to the open field doctrine while at the same time recognizing that it is limited to sights seen in the open field.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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