Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Arons v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Delaware
Arons v. Off. of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Del., 531 U.S. 1034 (2000)
- 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
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- Authority status
- pending
- 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.