Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Mallery v. Blackburn
61 L. Ed. 2d 310
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1979-06-18
- Topic
- general
holding that officers did not violate the Fourth Amendment by listening to the accused's conversation through a motel wall | holding that officers did not violate the Fourth Amendment by listening to the accused's conversation through a motel wall | concluding that the term nonforfeitable is identical with the term vested | observing, even as to one-time appearance on property, “It is a bit disquieting that we must countenance federal snooping around farmers’ barns as a legitimate investigative technique” | observing, even as to one-time appearance on property, "It is a bit disquieting that we must countenance federal snooping around farmers' barns as a legitimate investigative technique" | “It has long been settled that the question of materiality in a penury or false statement case is one of law for the courts to decide.” | deeds conveying land to United States provided actual notice to sellers | "Except as limited by the constitution its power is plenary" | deeds conveying land to United States provided actual notice to sellers | “Except as limited by the constitution its power is plenary” | "Except as limited by the constitution its power is plenary" | “[W]e have upheld the dismissal of an indictment only in very limited and extreme circumstances. In such cases, there was a need either to eliminate prejudice to a defendant in a criminal prosecution, where it was impossible to do so by imposition of lesser sanctions ... ”
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- 79 opinions
Sup. Ct. La. Certiorari denied.