Uncertainty over the law on third-party consent searches means that police who responded to a potential domestic violence problem are shielded by qualified immunity even though they lacked authority for a search of the premises, a federal appellate court has ruled.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court and ordered that summary judgment be granted to the officers in Moore v. Andreno, 06-3623-cv.
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