Michigan v. Tyler, No. 76-1608 (U.S. Supreme Court) (436 U.S. 499; 98 S.Ct. 1942) (May 31, 1978) (Justice Stewart)
In this case, the Court granted certiorari to consider the applicability of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to official entries onto fire-damaged premises. Here, the respondents, Loren Tyler and Robert Tompkins, were convicted in a Michigan trial court of conspiracy to burn real property.
The fire in question broke out ...
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