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SilverthorneLumberCo.v.UnitedStates,251U.S.385,40S.Ct.182,64L.Ed.

319(1920)

RELEVANTFACTS
Defendantswerearrestedattheirhomeandwhileincustody,theirbusinessofficewassearched.
Defendantswerearrestedfornotrespondingtoasubpoena
Duringthesearch,evidencewasobtainedbutnowarrantwasprovided
Defendantsrequestedtheirpropertybereturned
Photographsweretakenoftheevidence,propertywasreturned,andthedefendantswere
released
ThePhotographswereusedasevidencetoissueasubpoenabasedupontheknowledge
obtainedfromtheunconstitutionalSearch
ISSUE(S)

HOLDING(S)Thegovernmentcannotusetheknowledgegainedfromtheirownwrongto
serveanewsubpoenaandusetheevidence.Therightsofacorporationagainstunlawfulsearch
andseizurearetobeprotectedevenifthesameresultmighthavebeenachievedinalawfulway.

RATIONALE

DICTA

OTHEROPINIONS
CATCHALL
Linnv.UnitedStates,251Fed.476
Weeksv.UnitedStates,232U.S.383
Adamsv.NewYork,192U.S.585

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