soldal cook county argued october decided december eviction proceedings pending terrace properties margaret hale forcibly evicted petitioners soldal family mobile home terrace properties mobile home park hale request cook county illinois sheriff department deputies present eviction although knew eviction order terrace properties actions illegal deputies refused take soldal complaint criminal trespass otherwise interfere eviction subsequently state judge assigned pending eviction proceedings ruled eviction unauthorized trailer badly damaged eviction returned lot petitioners brought action federal district claiming terrace properties hale conspired deputy sheriffs unreasonably seize remove home violation fourth fourteenth amendment rights granted defendants motion summary judgment appeals affirmed acknowledging occurred seizure literal sense word reasoned seizure contemplated fourth amendment inter alia invade petitioners privacy held seizure removal trailer home implicated petitioners fourth amendment rights pp seizure property occurs meaningful interference individual possessory interests property jacobsen language fourth amendment protects people unreasonable searches seizures persons houses papers effects cuts novel holding cases unmistakably hold amendment protects property even privacy liberty implicated see ibid katz plain view decisions also make untenable lower construction amendment amendment boundaries defined exclusively rights privacy plain view seizures rather scrupulously subjected fourth amendment inquiry arizona hicks implicate constitutional provision contrary appeals position amendment protects seizure even though search within meaning taken place see jacobsen supra also contrary view graham connor require finds wrong implicates one constitutional command look dominant character challenged conduct determine constitutional standard evaluated rather constitutional provision examined turn see hudson palmer pp instant decision foment wave new litigation federal courts activities repossessions attachments involve entering home intruding individuals privacy interfering liberty implicate fourth amendment even appeals terms numerous seizures type survive constitutional scrutiny reasonableness grounds moreover unlikely police often choose enterprise knowing contrary law proceed seize property absence objectively reasonable grounds pp white delivered opinion unanimous john stainthorp argued cause filed briefs petitioners kenneth gillis argued cause respondents brief jack renee goldfarb kenneth mccurry james holzhauer timothy bishop john powell steven shapiro harvey grossman alan chen filed brief american civil liberties union et al amici curiae urging reversal richard ruda carter phillips mark hopson mark haddad filed brief national league cities et al amici curiae urging affirmance justice white delivered opinion edward soldal family resided trailer home located rented lot willoway terrace mobile home park elk grove illinois may terrace properties owner park margaret hale manager filed eviction proceeding soldals illinois state illinois forcible entry detainer act ch et seq tenant dispossessed absent judgment eviction suit dismissed june months later august owner brought second proceeding eviction claiming nonpayment rent case set trial september rather await judgment favor terrace properties hale contrary illinois law chose evict soldals forcibly two weeks prior scheduled hearing september hale notified cook county sheriff department going remove trailer home park requested presence sheriff deputies forestall possible resistance later day two terrace properties employees arrived soldals home accompanied cook county deputy sheriff employees proceeded wrench sewer water connections side trailer home disconnect phone tear trailer canopy skirting hook home tractor meanwhile explained edward soldal see soldal interfere willoway work brief petitioner time two deputy sheriffs arrived scene soldal told wished file complaint criminal trespass referred deputy lieutenant jones hale office jones asked soldal wait outside remained closeted hale terrace properties employees minutes talking district attorney making soldal wait another half hour jones told soldal accept complaint landlord tenant going go ahead continue move trailer throughout period deputy sheriffs knew terrace properties eviction order actions unlawful eventually presence additional two deputy sheriffs willoway workers pulled trailer free moorings towed onto street later hauled neighboring property september state judge assigned pending eviction proceedings ruled eviction unauthorized ordered terrace properties return soldals home lot home however badly damaged soldals brought action alleging violation rights fourth fourteenth amendments claimed terrace properties hale conspired cook county deputy sheriffs unreasonably seize remove soldals trailer home district judge granted defendants motion summary judgment grounds soldals failed adduce evidence support conspiracy theory therefore existence state action necessary appeals seventh circuit construing facts petitioners favor accepted contention state action however went hold removal soldals trailer constitute seizure purposes fourth amendment deprivation due process purposes fourteenth rehearing majority seventh circuit sitting en banc reaffirmed panel decision acknowledging occurred seizure literal sense word reasoned made course public law enforcement invade soldals privacy seizure contemplated fourth amendment interpreting prior cases seventh circuit concluded absent interference privacy liberty pure deprivation property cognizable fourth amendment rather petitioners property interests protected due process clauses fifth fourteenth amendments granted certiorari consider whether seizure removal soldals trailer home implicated fourth amendment rights reverse ii fourth amendment made applicable fourteenth ker california provides pertinent part right people secure persons houses papers effects unreasonable searches seizures shall violated seizure property explained occurs meaningful interference individual possessory interests property jacobsen addition emphasized core fourth amendment stands right man retreat home silverman see also oliver wyman james payton new york result state action case soldals domicile seized literally carried away giving new meaning term mobile home fail see unceremoniously dispossessed one home manner alleged occurred viewed anything seizure invoking protection fourth amendment whether amendment fact violated course different question requires determining seizure reasonable inquiry entails weighing various factors us appeals recognized seizure concluded seizure technical sense within meaning fourth amendment conclusion followed narrow reading amendment construed safeguard privacy liberty interests leaving unprotected possessory interests neither privacy liberty stake otherwise said constitutional provision enacted two centuries ago make every repossession eviction police assistance actionable things fourth amendment trivialize amendment gratuitously shift large body routine commercial litigation state courts federal courts trivializing shift prevented recognizing difference possessory privacy interests agree interpretation fourth amendment amendment protects people unreasonable searches seizures persons houses papers effects language surely cuts novel holding cases unmistakably hold amendment protects property well privacy much made clear jacobsen supra explained first clause fourth amendment protects two types expectations one involving searches seizures search occurs expectation privacy society prepared consider reasonable infringed seizure property occurs meaningful interference individual possessory interests property omitted respondents rely principally precedents katz warden maryland penitentiary hayden cardwell lewis demonstrate fourth amendment marginally concerned property rights message cases property rights sole measure fourth amendment violations warden opinion thus observed citing jones silverman principal object amendment protection privacy rather property shift emphasis property privacy come subtle interplay substantive procedural reform suggestion shift emphasis snuffed previously recognized protection property fourth amendment katz declaring violative fourth amendment unwarranted overhearing telephone booth conversation effectively ended lingering notions protection privacy depended trespass protected area course decision katz stated fourth amendment neither translated provision dealing constitutionally protected areas general constitutional right privacy amendment said protects individual privacy certain kinds governmental intrusion protections go often nothing privacy cardwell plurality held case fourth amendment bar use evidence paint scrapings taken tire treads observed defendant automobile seized parking lot towed police lockup gathering evidence deemed search nothing interior car personal effects fourth amendment traditionally deemed protect searched seized opinion blackmun meaningful privacy rights invaded left argument pressed dissent evidence gathered product warrantless hence illegal seizure car parking lot defendant left however plurality view circumstances case probable cause seize car instrumentality crime fourth amendment precedent permitted seizure without warrant thus plurality dissenting justices considered defendant auto deserving fourth amendment protection even though privacy interests stake differed degree protection amendment demanded appeals appeared find specific support confining protection fourth amendment privacy interests decision hudson palmer state prison inmate sued claiming prison guards entered cell without consent seized destroyed personal effects ruled inmate status enjoyed neither right privacy cell protection unreasonable seizures personal effects concurring whatever else case held limited usefulness outside prison context respect coverage fourth amendment thus unconvinced prior cases supports view fourth amendment protects unreasonable seizures property privacy liberty also implicated plain view decisions make untenable construction amendment suppose example police officers lawfully enter house either complying warrant requirement satisfying one recognized exceptions valid consent showing exigent circumstances come across item plain view seize invasion personal privacy occurred horton brown supra opinion rehnquist boundaries fourth amendment defined exclusively rights privacy plain view seizures implicate constitutional provision yet far automatically upheld plain view seizures scrupulously subjected fourth amendment inquiry thus absence consent warrant permitting seizure items question seizures justified meet standard arizona hicks unaccompanied unlawful trespass horton absence privacy interest notwithstanding seizure article obviously invade owner possessory interest see also brown opinion rehnquist doctrine merely reflects application fourth amendment central requirement reasonableness law governing seizures property ibid coolidge new hampshire white concurring dissenting appeals understandably found necessary reconcile holding recognition cases fourth amendment protects property distinguish case ground seizure soldals home took place noncriminal context indeed acknowledged evident precedents amendment protection applies civil context well see ortega new jersey michigan tyler marshall barlow camara municipal san francisco appeals suggest fourth amendment applied exclusively law enforcement activities observed example amendment protection triggered search entry home incident eviction repossession instead sought explain fourth amendment protects seizures property context case follows eizures made course investigations police law enforcement officers almost always plain view cases culmination searches police search order seize search ensuing seizure fourth amendment reference searches seizures seeks regulate seizure means one thing outcome search may mean something else stands apart search investigative activity fourth amendment may still nominally apply precisely invasion privacy usual rules apply emphasis original appeals effort interesting creative bottom simply reasserts earlier thesis fourth amendment protects privacy property remain unconvinced see justification departing prior cases view reason officer might enter house effectuate seizure wholly irrelevant threshold question whether amendment applies matters intrusion people security governmental interference therefore right unreasonable seizures less transgressed seizure house undertaken collect evidence verify compliance housing regulation effect eviction police whim reason observed one occasion anomalous say individual private property fully protected fourth amendment individual suspected criminal behavior camara see also appeals also stated even contrary previous rulings element tincture fourth amendment seizure carry day soldals relying decision graham connor reasoned look dominant character conduct challenged section case determine constitutional standard evaluated believing soldals claim akin challenge deprivation property without due process law unreasonable seizure concluded allowed bring suit guise fourth amendment see basis doling constitutional protections fashion certain wrongs affect single right accordingly implicate one constitution commands multiple violations alleged habit identifying preliminary matter claim dominant character rather examine constitutional provision turn see hudson palmer fourth amendment fourteenth amendment due process clause ingraham wright eighth amendment fourteenth amendment due process clause graham contrary holding claims excessive use force analyzed fourth amendment reasonableness standard rather fourteenth amendment substantive due process test guided fact case provisions targeted sort governmental conduct result chose explicit textual source constitutional protection generalized notion substantive due process surely graham bar resort case fourth amendment specific protection houses papers effects rather general protection property due process clause iii respondents fearful appeals applying fourth amendment context inevitably carry territory unknown unforeseen routine repossessions negligent actions public employees interfere individuals right enjoy homes like thereby federalizing areas law traditionally concern several reasons think risk exaggerated begin decision impact activities repossessions attachments involve entry home intrusion individuals privacy interference liberty implicate fourth amendment even appeals terms true tenth circuit decision specht previously noted appeals expressed agreement significantly reasonableness still ultimate standard fourth amendment camara supra means numerous seizures type survive constitutional scrutiny true circumstances reasonableness determination reflect careful balancing governmental private interests supra assuming example officers acting pursuant order specht jensen fuentes shevin often case showing unreasonableness facts laborious task indeed cf simms slacum cranch hence guarantee filing frivolous suits ejection case properly awaited state judgment quite unlikely federal bothered action alleging fourth amendment violation moreover doubt police often choose enterprise knowing contrary law proceed seize property absence objectively reasonable grounds short reaffirmance fourth amendment principles today foment wave new litigation federal courts iv complaint alleges respondents acting color state law dispossessed soldals trailer home physically tearing foundation towing another lot taking allegations true garden variety commercial dispute facts alleged suffice constitute seizure within meaning fourth amendment plainly implicate interests protected provision judgment appeals accordingly reversed case remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered footnotes soldals ultimately evicted per order december title provides every person color statute ordinance regulation custom usage state subjects causes subjected citizen deprivation rights privileges immunities secured constitution laws shall liable party injured action law suit equity proper proceeding redress reiterated panel conclusion conspiracy must assumed state record therefore case must treated current posture deputy sheriffs seized trailer disconnected utilities towed away en banc noted light existence adequate judicial remedies state law claim deprivation property without due process law unlikely succeed see parratt taylor event soldals claim violation procedural rights noted seventh circuit also held respondents violated soldals substantive due process rights fourteenth amendment petitioners assert error view disposition case need address question time soldals required establish respondents acting color state law deprived constitutional right instance fourth fourteenth amendment freedom unreasonable seizures state see monroe pape respondents request affirm ground appeals erred holding sufficient state action support action alleged injury soldals urged inflicted private parties county responsible although respondents entitled ask us affirm ground action enlarge judgment appeals favor appeals found police prevented soldal using reasonable force protect home private action officers knew illegal sufficient evidence conspiracy private parties officers foreclose summary judgment respondents inclined review holding see adickes kress holding fourth amendment reach extends property mindful amendment protect possessory interests kinds property see oliver case however concerns house amendment language explicitly includes person effects place also found detain luggage minutes unreasonable deprivation individual liberty interest proceeding itinerary also protected fourth amendment operational necessities exist seizures justified less probable cause way affects analysis even clear fourth amendment applies ibid see also place course police officers presence home entailed violation fourth amendment amount probable cause believe item plain view constitutes incriminating evidence justify seizure horton true murray lessee hoboken land improvement cast doubt applicability amendment noncriminal encounters cases since time shed different light making clear fourth amendment guarantees triggered governmental searches seizures without regard use houses papers effects applied warden maryland penitentiary hayden murray lessee broad statement fourth amendment reference civil proceedings recovery debt arguably meant warrant requirement apply suggested leasing whatever proper reading reaffirm today basic understanding protection unreasonable searches seizures fully applies civil context view expressed appeals tenth circuit specht jensen remanded unrelated grounds en banc seventh circuit expressly agreed officers cases engaged law enforcement looking something found seized broad sense seizures result searches fourth amendment sense appeals might suggesting cases explainable almost always occur course law enforcement activities receives support penultimate sentence quoted passage word seizure might lose usual meaning stands apart search investigative activity emphasis added following paragraph observes utside law enforcement area fourth amendment retains force protection searches invade privacy decline confine amendment law enforcement setting even meant seizures property course law enforcement activities whether civil criminal implicate interests safeguarded fourth amendment pure property interests unprotected setting accord indicated body opinion