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SJC says that shelter dwellers have right to privacy

Police search is ruled illegal

By Martin Finucane
Globe Staff / March 12, 2010

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A homeless shelter is a person’s home, at least when it comes to privacy protections under the state and federal constitutions, the state’s highest court ruled yesterday. (Full article: 325 words)

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