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· 10/10/1972

Tillman v. Maryland

Citations

  • 409 U.S. 812
  • 93 S. Ct. 144

How courts have described this case

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

  • “the determination of the legality of the surveillance can appropriately be made in ex parte, in camera proceedings”
  • court cannot grant damages when plaintiff waived any attempt to show actual harm but nevertheless sought damages under the Act
  • court cannot grant damages when plaintiff waived any attempt to show actual harm but nevertheless sought damages under the Act
  • no merit to claim that statute violates presumption of innocence; whether underlying indictment later found invalid not significant since crime complete when firearm carried in interstate commerce by a person then under indictment
  • no merit to claim that statute violates presumption of innocence; whether underlying indictment later found invalid not significant since crime complete when firearm carried in interstate commerce by a person then under indictment
  • inadvertent surveillance of American citizen admissible in warrant-less wiretap intended for foreign intelligence purposes

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