Benjamin v. Stemple’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “conduct[ ] a warrantless search of a building or property on the ground that it has become dangerous, the government must give the owner 'an opportunity to obtain precompliance review before a neutral decisionmaker.' " Ibid. (citing Patel , 135 S.Ct. at 2452 ). "The administrative scheme must give the property owner the chance to challenge a warrantless search request before being sanctioned for refusing entry.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gardner v. Evans · MS Rentals, LLC v. City of Detroit

2. “administrative search[ ] designed to assure compliance with building codes, including codes designed to prevent buildings from becoming dangerous to tenants or neighbors.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gardner v. Evans · MS Rentals, LLC v. City of Detroit

3. “Although the Supreme Court 'has never attempted to prescribe the exact form an opportunity for precompliance review must take,' the review scheme at a minimum must give the property owner a meaningful chance to contest an administrative-search request in front of a neutral party before the search occurs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gardner v. Evans