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· 9/22/1992

United States v. Alan N. Scott

Citations

  • 975 F.2d 927
  • 23 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20199
  • 1992 U.S. App. LEXIS 22877
  • 1992 WL 231703

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that IRS agents reconstructing shredded documents they found in the defendant’s trash did not violate the Fourth Amendment
  • holding that IRS agents reconstructing shredded documents they found in the defendant’s trash did not violate the Fourth Amendment
  • Internal Revenue Service agents seized and pieced together shredded documents reduced to 5/32 inch strips from the defendant’s garbage
  • no privacy interest in shredded documents placed in trash

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Judges: Torruella, Stahl, Hornby

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