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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.paloaltohistory.com/the-stanford-daily-search.php Zurcher vs. Stanford Daily at Palo Alto History.Com]
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Revision as of 18:45, 21 July 2016

Zurcher v. Stanford Daily
Argued January 17, 1978
Decided May 31, 1978
Full case nameZurcher v. Stanford Daily
Docket no.76-1484
Citations436 U.S. 547 (more)
Holding
The search of a newsroom does not violate the Fourth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
MajorityWhite, joined by Burger, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist
ConcurrencePowell
DissentStewart, joined by Marshall
DissentStevens
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Zurcher v. Stanford Daily 436 U.S. 547 (1978)[1] is a United States Supreme Court case from 1978 in which The Stanford Daily, a student newspaper at Stanford University, was searched by police after they suspected the paper to be in possession of photographs of a demonstration that took place at the campus' medical center in April 1971. The paper filed a suit claiming that under the protection of the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution, the warrants were unconstitutional and that the searches should have fallen under the context of subpoenas. The court ruled against The Stanford Daily; however, Congress passed the Privacy Protection Act of 1980, which prohibits search and seizures related to journalism unless the writer is suspected of a crime or a life-threatening situation is present.[2]

Decision and opinion

Justice White delivered the court's 5–3 opinion in favor of Zurcher.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Zurcher v. The Stanford Daily Oyez Supreme Court Media
  2. ^ http://epic.org/privacy/ppa
  3. ^ Zurcher Opinion Justia Supreme Court Center