End date 1961 | ||
Full case name Silverman v. United States Citations 365 U.S. 505 (more)
81 S. Ct. 679; 5 L. Ed. 2d 734; 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1605; 97 A.L.R.2d 1277 Prior history Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Majority Stewart, joined by unanimous Concurrence Douglas, joined by Clark, Whittaker | ||
Silverman v. United States, 365 U.S. 505 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that a federal officer may not, without warrant, physically place themselves into the space of a person's office or home to secretly observe or listen and relate at the man's subsequent criminal trial what was seen or heard.
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