Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Layne
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 24, 1999No. 98-83PublishedCited by 2,569 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
While executing an arrest warrant in a private home, police officers invited representatives of the media to accompany them. We hold that such a “media ride-along” does violate the Fourth Amendment, but that because the state *606of the law was not clearly established at the time the search in this ease took place, the officers are entitled to the defense of qualified immunity.
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In early 1992, the Attorney General of the United States approved “Operation Gunsmoke,” a special national fugitive apprehension program in which United States Marshals worked with state and local police to apprehend…
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