Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Wayland v. O'Brien
459 U.S. 804
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1982-10-04
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- carrying of an electronic transmitter or recording device by a police agent does not transform a permissible police investigation into an unconstitutional invasion of privacy
- successful Title VII defendant entitled to an award of attorneys' fees for a frivolous and unreasonable appeal brought without foundation; plaintiff should have known case was "wholly lacking in merit"
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 44 opinions
Appeal from C. A. 1st Cir. dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari denied.