United States Fourth Circuit

A privately owned dog falls within one of the classes of property protected by the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable search and seizure. Because in each instance the seizure of dogs was reasonable, the officers did not violate the plaintiffs' Fourth Amendment rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/20/2003
• Published 05/20/2003

Judges

• Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:James Redfern Morgan, Jr., Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellants.  Brandon Claus Fernald, La Mesa, California, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Robert D. Mason, Jr., Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellants.  David Q. Burgess, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees.