Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Arons v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Delaware
531 U.S. 1034
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2000-12-04
- Topic
- bankruptcy
How later courts describe this case
- holding that using pole cameras to view outdoor areas surrounding a home and easily observable by people passing by does not violate the Fourth Amendment
- assuming that the audio component of a video recorder is subject to Title III
- stating " Martinez-Salazar ... pulls the plug on the Swain dictum and requires us to address the harmless-error question as an original matter"
- “Although it may be unusual for a person to distribute a controlled substance without at least momentarily possessing the controlled substance, it is not impossible.”
- Supreme Court of Michigan and United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, respectively, holding that peremptory challenge errors are subject to harmless-error analysis
- “The use of video equipment and cameras to record activity visible to the naked eye does not ordinarily violate the Fourth Amendment.”
- "The federal wiretap law does not cover video surveillance where no audio recording is made."
- the “substitution of a camera for in-person surveillance does not offend the Fourth Amendment”
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Arons v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Delaware. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
- Cited by
- 65 opinions
Sup. Ct. Del. The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.