Fourth Amendment yard work: curtilage's mow-line rule.

From: Stanford Law Review | Date: February 1, 2004| Author: Peters, Brendan | Copyright information 
INTRODUCTION 
I. A GRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT HOUSE 
   A. Defining the Fourth Amendment House 
   B. Curtilage as a Boundary Within Which Structures Are Granted 
      Protection 
   C. Modern Curtilage: Curtilage Itself Gets Fourth Amendment 
      Protection 
   D. Curtilage Gets a z-Axis: Aerial Surveillance Cases 
   E. Katz or Curtilage? 
II. CUTTING OLIVER'S "CLEARLY MARKED" BOUNDARY WITH A LAWNMOWER 
   A. Curtilage in a Nation Without Walls 
   B. Weed in the Grass...

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