Claim
Claim 809
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3, in an opinion by Justice Byron White, that searches of the property of innocent third parties, including the press, are permissible when police have probable cause.
- Statement
- The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 3, in an opinion by Justice Byron White, that searches of the property of innocent third parties, including the press, are permissible when police have probable cause.
- Field
- status
- Value
- Supreme Court upholds newsroom searches, 5-3
- Publisher
- The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University
- Method
- outlet report
- Checked
- 2026-09-26
- Confidence
- medium
- Status
- current
- Source date
- 2009
Quotation from the source
The Supreme Court, in a 5-3 opinion authored by Justice Byron R.White , held that searches of the property of innocent third parties, including the press, are permissible