context: The Court held that these searches were exempted, in part because "an operator of a junkyard engaging in vehicle dismantling has a reduced expectation of privacy in this 'closely regulated' business." Moreover, although Burger upheld the regulatory scheme against a Fourth Amendment challenge, the Court explicitly stated that both the inspections and the overall scheme were, as the majority itself recognizes, "properly administrative."
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: "So long as a regulatory scheme is properly administrative, it is not rendered illegal by the fact that the inspecting officer has the power to arrest individuals for violations other than those created by the scheme itself."
citation_a.sentence: See Burger, 482 U.S. at 717, 107 S.Ct. 2636 ("So long as a regulatory scheme is properly administrative, it is not rendered illegal by the fact that the inspecting officer has the power to arrest individuals for violations other than those created by the scheme itself.”) (emphasis added); see also id. at 693, 107 S.Ct. 2636 ("The case also presents the question whether an otherwise proper administrative inspection is unconstitutional ....”); id. at 716, 107 S.Ct. 2636 ("The discovery of evidence of crimes in the course of an otherwise proper administrative inspection does not render that search illegal or the administrative scheme suspect.”) (emphases added).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "The case also presents the question whether an otherwise proper administrative inspection is unconstitutional ...."
citation_b.sentence: See Burger, 482 U.S. at 717, 107 S.Ct. 2636 ("So long as a regulatory scheme is properly administrative, it is not rendered illegal by the fact that the inspecting officer has the power to arrest individuals for violations other than those created by the scheme itself.”) (emphasis added); see also id. at 693, 107 S.Ct. 2636 ("The case also presents the question whether an otherwise proper administrative inspection is unconstitutional ....”); id. at 716, 107 S.Ct. 2636 ("The discovery of evidence of crimes in the course of an otherwise proper administrative inspection does not render that search illegal or the administrative scheme suspect.”) (emphases added).