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WIDGREN v. MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP

No. 04-2189.

429 F.3d 575 (2005)

Kenneth D. WIDGREN, Jr. and Kenneth D. Widgren, Sr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP; H. Wayne Beldo; Louis Lenz, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 17, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: William L. Henn, Smith, Haughey, Rice & Roegge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellees. Kenneth D. Widgren, Jr., Warren, Michigan, Kenneth D. Widgren, Sr., Hazel Park, Michigan, pro se.

Before: MERRITT, MOORE, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question whether certain housing code and property tax inspections of the exterior of a house within the "curtilage" in a remote rural setting constitute a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Balancing a number of factors regarding the Widgrens' reasonable expectation of privacy, we hold that the intrusions at issue are not Fourth Amendment searches, and we affirm the District Court...

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