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California Supreme Court

Jan. 8, 2009

High Court Weighs Football Fans' Privacy Rights Against Stadium Security

Privacy issues took the field today as the California Supreme Court referees a dispute over the NFL’s policy of frisking fans as they enter stadiums.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Chief Justice Ronald M. George described a hypothetical town where at every public event participants were frisked upon admission.

"What kind of society would that be? And is that something that would run afoul of our state constitutional privacy rights?" George asked Tuesday during oral argument in a case before the California Supreme Court challenging the San Francisco 49ers' policy of fr...

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