Indian Boy X v. United States

Indian Boy X v. United States, 439 U.S. 841 (1978)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: October 2, 1978
Docket: No. 77-6651
Citations: 439 U.S. 84158 L. Ed. 2d 139

Cited by 70 6 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 6 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.

(holding that search of defendant’s garbage, located inside a low fence, by a trash collector at the FBI’s request did not violate the defendant’s reasonable expectation of privacy)

Hyde v. State, 13 So. 3d 997 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007)
(finding no abuse of discretion in admitting under Rule 803(5) statement of witness to agent relating conversation that took place six months earlier)

United States v. Patterson, 678 F.2d 774 (9th Cir. 1982)
(at direction of the FBI, garbage men collected and searched through trash placed in cans located behind Shelby’s garage and immediately inside a low fence adjoining public alley)

United States v. Michaels, 726 F.2d 1307 (8th Cir. 1984)
("In our view the placing of trash in the garbage cans at the time and place for anticipated collection by public employees for hauling to a public dump signifies abandonment.")

United States v. Redmon, 138 F.3d 1109 (7th Cir. 1998)
(trash left outside a house for collection)

Chenkin v. Bellevue Hosp. CTR., NYC, ETC., 479 F. Supp. 207 (S.D.N.Y. 1979)

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United States v. Joseph R. Redmon138 F.3d 1109 (7th Cir. 1998)
United States v. Gerena662 F. Supp. 1265 (D. Conn. 1987)
United States v. John Doe655 F.2d 920 (9th Cir. 1981)
Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.505 F. Supp. 1190 (E.D. Pa. 1980)
Commonwealth v. Cargo444 A.2d 639 (Pa. 1982)
United States v. Todd Michael Porter986 F.2d 1014 (6th Cir. 1993)

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Hyde v. State13 So. 3d 997 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007)
TWN, INC. v. Michel2006 UT App 70, 131 P.3d 882
State v. Sinapi596 S.E.2d 822 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004)
Powell v. State776 A.2d 700 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2001)
State v. Sampson765 A.2d 629 (Md. 2001)
98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6585, 98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 9120 United States of America v. John Doe, a Juvenile, United States of America v. John Doe, a Juvenile155 F.3d 1070 (9th Cir. 1998)

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