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Oliver v. U.S., No. 82-15 (U.S. Supreme Court) (466 U.S. 170; 104 S.Ct. 1735) (April 17, 1984) (Justice Powell)

In this case the Court held than "an individual has no legitimate expectation that open fields will remain free from warrantless intrusion by government officers" (id., at 181), thus affirming the continuing validity of the Court's decision in Hester v. U.S., 265 U.S. 57 (1924), where it first addressed the ...

 

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