Daily Dicta: Parking Scofflaws of the World, Rejoice
In a first-of-its-kind decision, the Sixth Circuit held that tire chalking violates the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches.
April 23, 2019 at 12:41 PM
6 minute read
Michigan lawyer Matthew Gronda was outside the courthouse in Saginaw, talking on the phone to fellow attorney Philip Ellison, when he saw a parking enforcement officer chalking the tire of his car—a way to track how long he'd been parked.
“What right does she have to chalk my tire?” he fumed to Ellison.
What right, indeed?
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