Berger v. New York

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1967-06-12

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*43 Mr. Justice Clark delivered the opinion of the Court. This writ tests the validity of New York’s permissive eavesdrop statute, N. Y. Code Crim. Proc. § 813-a, 1 under the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The claim is that the statute sets up a system of surveillance which involves trespassory intrusions into pr…

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