U.S. v. Greenwood, No. 86-684 (U.S. Supreme Court) (486 U.S. 35; 108 S.Ct. 1625) (May 16, 1988) (Justice White)
Here the Court held that the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the warrantless search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside the curtilage of a home since there was no reasonable expectation of privacy in the garbage.
The issue addressed by the Court in this case was whether the ...
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