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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Considers Media Ride-alongs
On November 9, 1998, the Supreme Court consolidated Rodney C. Hanlon, et al. v. Paul W. Berger, et ux. With a similar case, Wilson, et al. v. Layne, et al. In that suit, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the police and media who had entered the Wilson home had qualified immunity and were protected from individual liability. The judges ruled that there were no firm legal precedents establishing that media ride-alongs violated the Fourth Amendment.On April 14, 1992, Federal and State law enforcement agents were engaged in a joint effort to apprehend fugitives with a history of…
