Florida v. Riley
| Florida v. Riley | |
|---|---|
| Argued October 3, 1988 Decided January 23, 1989 | |
| Full case name | Florida v. Riley |
| Citations | 488 U.S. 445 (more) 109 S. Ct. 693; 102 L. Ed. 2d 835; 1989 U.S. LEXIS 580; 57 U.S.L.W. 4126 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Defendant's motion to suppress evidence granted by trial court; reversed, State v. Riley, 476 So. 2d 1354 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985); decision quashed, 511 So. 2d 282 (Fla. 1987); cert. granted, 484 U.S. 1058 (1988). |
| Subsequent | Rehearing denied, 490 U.S. 1014 (1989); remanded, 549 So. 2d 673 (Fla. 1989). |
| Holding | |
| Helicopter surveillance at an altitude of 400 feet did not constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment. Florida Supreme Court reversed. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Plurality | White, joined by Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy |
| Concurrence | O'Connor (in judgment) |
| Dissent | Brennan, joined by Marshall, Stevens |
| Dissent | Blackmun |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. IV | |
Florida v. Riley, 488 U.S. 445 (1989), was a United States Supreme Court decision which held that police officials do not need a warrant to observe an individual's property from public airspace.