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Property Keyed to Sprankling
State v. Shack
Citation:
277 A.2d 369 (1971).ProfessorTodd Berman
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Facts
Tejeras (the defendant) is a field worker for a nonprofit corporation funded by an act of Congress, and Shack (the other defendant) is an attorney for a different nonprofit corporation also funded by an act of Congress. Both of the nonprofit corporations were founded to aid migrant workers. Tejeras wanted to go to Tedesco’s (the complainant) farm to provide medical aid to one of Tedesco’s migrant workers, and Shack wanted to go to Tedesco’s farm to discuss a legal problem with another one of the migrant workers. The two defendants went to the farm together, but before they reached the migrant workers’ living quarters, they were stopped and questioned as to their purpose by Tedesco. After the defendants stated their purposes for visiting the farm, Tedesco offered to find the migrant workers but stated that any medical treatment or discussion would have to occur in his offices and in his presence. The defendants insisted that they were permitted to see the migrant workers in their housing without Tedesco’s supervision. Tedesco then made a written complaint, and a state trooper removed the defendants.
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Introduction to Property: The Big Picture