Berger v. New York

Berger v. New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 13, 1967 Decided June 12, 1967
Full case name	Ralph Berger v. State of New York
Citations	388 U.S. 41 (more) 87 S. Ct. 1873; 18 L. Ed. 2d 1040
Case history
Prior	Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of New York
Holding
The Court facially invalidated a New York statute (N.Y. Code of Crim. Proc. § 813-a) which allowed for electronic eavesdropping without the procedural safeguards required by the Fourth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Abe Fortas
Case opinions
Majority	Clark, joined by Warren, Douglas, Brennan, Fortas
Concurrence	Douglas
Concurrence	Stewart
Dissent	Black
Dissent	Harlan
Dissent	White
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

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Berger v. New York

Berger v. New York, 388 U.S. 41 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court decision invalidating a New York law under the Fourth Amendment, because the statute authorized electronic eavesdropping without required procedural safeguards.