Legal Opinion
Dow Chemical Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Administrator
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 19, 1986No. 84-1259PublishedCited by 323 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to review the holding of the Court of Appeals (a) that the Environmental Protection Agency’s aerial observation of petitioner’s plant complex did not exceed EPA’s statutory investigatory authority, and (b) that EPA’s aerial photography of petitioner’s 2,000-acre plant complex without a warrant was not a search under the Fourth Amendment.
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Petitioner Dow Chemical Co. operates a 2,000-acre facility manufacturing chemicals at Midland, Michigan. The facility consists of numerous covered buildings, with manufacturing equipment and piping conduits located between the various…
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