Inspections and Searches
US Supreme Court Cases on Administrative Searches
Slides reviewing key administrative search cases
Supreme Court Rejects Drug Testing of Pregnant Women for Criminal Prosecution - Ferguson v. City of Charleston, __ U.S. __ 121 S.Ct. 1281, 149 L.Ed.2d 205 (2001)
General Auto Checkpoints Violate 4th Amendment - City of Indianapolis v.
Edmond, 531 U.S. 32 (2000)
Specific complaints do not support area warrants, but improperly obtained information may be used - Trinity Industries Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 16 F.3d 1455 (6th Cir. 1994)
Breeding rabbits for research is a pervasively regulated industry for administrative inspections - Lesser v. Espy, 34 F.3d 1301 (7th Cir. 1994)
Warrantless administrative inspections can support criminal
convictions in "closely regulated" industries - New York v. Burger,
482 U.S. 691 (1987), but see: NY rejects "closely regulated industry" exception
on state constitutional grounds - People v. Scott, 79 N.Y.2d 474, 593 N.E.2d
1328, 583 N.Y.S.2d 920(N.Y. 1992)
Court sets standards for school search of student's property - New Jersey
v. T. L. O., 105 S. Ct. 733, 469 U.S. 325 (1985)
Customs Agents Can Search Ships in Commerce
Without A Warrant - United States
v. Villamonte-Marquez, 462 U.S. 579 (1983)
Warrantless Searches allowed under federal mining regulations - Donovan v. Dewey et al., 101 S. Ct. 2534, 452 U.S. 594 (1980)
Supreme Court requires area warrants for OSHA searches - Marshall v. Barlow's, 98 S. Ct. 1816, 436 U.S. 307 (1978)
Supreme Court Standards for Administrative Warrants in Arson Investigations - Michigan v. Tyler, 436 U.S. 499, 98 S.Ct. 1942, 56 L.Ed.2d 486 (1978)
Investigation of sexual contacts can trigger 5th amendment self-incrimination
- Matter of Grant, 83 Wis. 2d 77, 264 N.W.2d 587 (1978)
Supreme Court allows warrantless entry of regulated industries - U.S. v. Biswell,
406 U.S. 311, 92 S.Ct. 1593, 32 L.Ed.2d 87 (1972)
The Supreme Court Requires Area
Warrants - Camara V. Municipal Court City And County, 387 U.S. 523, 87 S.
Ct. 1727, 18 L. Ed. 2d 930 (1967)
SC Extends Area Warrant Requirement to Commercial
Businesses - See v. Seattle, 387 U.S. 541, 18 L. Ed. 2d 943, 87 S. Ct. 1737
(1967)
SC Upholds Conviction for Resisting Warrantless Administrative Search - Modified
by See and Camara - Frank v. Maryland, 359 U.S. 360 (1959)
Weeks v. U.S., 34 S. Ct. 341, 232 U.S. 383 (1914) - Supreme Court creates the exclusionary rule for federal agents
State Cases
Restaurant inspection provides adequate due process for restaurant closing - Camuglia v. The City of Albuquerque, 448 F.3d 1214 (10th Cir. 2006) - lower court: Camuglia v. City of Albuquerque, 375 F.Supp.2d 1299 (D.N.M. 2005)
Standards for administrative warrants and nuisance abatement orders - Thurston County v. Sager, 122 Wash.App. 1036, 2004 WL 1616892 (unpublished) (Wash.App. Div. 2 2004)
Habeas corpus review of an arrest based on a failure to surrender a dog without a warrant - In re Quackenbush, 41 Cal.App.4th 1301, 49 Cal.Rptr.2d 147 (Cal.App. Dist. 1996)
The McReady Trilogy - Standards for
inspection warrants - municipal court cannot issue area warrants - City of
Seattle v. McCready, 123 Wash. 2d 260, 868 P.2d 134 (Wa. 02-24-1994) -
McCready I; Tenants can consent
to administrative searches - City of Seattle v. McCready, 124 Wash. 2d 300,
877 P.2d 686 (Wa. 08-04-1994) - McCready II; Landlords
cannot recover attorney's fees for constesting area warrants - City of Seattle
v. McCready, 931 P.2d 156, 131 Wash.2d 266 (Wash. 1997) - McReady III
Traffic Stops and Public Health
and Safety - Commonwealth v. Rodriguez, 430 Mass. 577, 722 N.E.2d 429 (Mass.
2000)
Court upholds warrantless search of restaurant, addresses appointment of counsel
and unrelated criminal activity - City of Chicago v. Pudlo, 123 Ill. App.3d
337, 462 N.E.2d 494 (Ill.App. Dist.1 1983)
State Attorney General Opinions
Authority of the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical
Examiners to conduct warrantless on-site compliance inspections of its licensees
and their premises
Whether the Polygraph Examiners Board may inspect
a polygraph examiner's work product in the examiner's place of business without
a search warrant, and related question.
Whether certain provisions of the Texas Controlled
Substances Act that authorize warrantless administrative searches violate article
I, section 9 of the Texas Constitution.
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