Owens v. Swan’s Empirical Analysis
1997
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Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1367 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Christiansburg Garment Co. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. · Hughes v. Rowe · Flagg Brothers Inc v. Brooks J Lefkowitz
Most-quoted passages
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“there is considerable authority for the proposition that a less strict and particularized government showing is necessary to comply with the Fourth Amendment's reasonableness requirement when the search is entirely 'civil' in nature”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although notions of probable cause and specificity guide courts in the determination of the overall reasonableness of a civil search, they do not apply strictly in the case of an administrative or civil order of seizure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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