Legal Opinion
Griffin v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 1992No. 90-CM-531PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
As a great British prime minister is said to have put it more than two and one quarter centuries ago,
[ejvery [English] man’s house [is] his castle [1].... The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter— all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!
Miller v. United States, 357 U.S. 301, 307 & n. 7, 78 S.Ct. 1190, 1194 & n. 7, 2 L.Ed.2d 1332 (1958) (quoting William Pitt,…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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3Cited by64 opinions
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