Petitioner was convicted under an indictment charging him with transmitting wagering information by telephone across state lines in violation of 18 U.S.C. Judicial decisions, - On the value of the right to privacy, as dear as any to free men, little can or need be added to what was said in Entick v. Carrington, 19 How.St.Tr. On the value of the right to privacy, as dear as any to free men, little can or need be added to what was said in Entick v. Carrington, 19 How.St.Tr. 993, 86 L.Ed. Hoffman refused. Co., 122 Ga. 190, 50 S.E. 251 They are among the amenities that distinguish a free society from one in which the rights and comforts of the individual are wholly subordinated to the interests of the state. . In asking us to hold that the information obtained was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and that its use at the trial was, therefore, banned by the Amendment, the petitioners recognize that they must reckon with our decision in Olmstead v. United States, Footnote 5 Law School Case Brief Goldman v. United States - 316 U.S. 129, 62 S. Ct. 993 (1942) Rule: What is protected by 47 U.S.C.S. wall of an adjoining room, did not violate the Fourth Amendment, and evidence thus obtained was admissible in a federal court. App. 3. 52(b)(5). It was not the intention of petitioners to project their conversations beyond the walls of petitioner Shulman's private office.9 Whatever may be said of a wire-tapping device that permits an outside telephone conversation to be overheard, it can hardly be doubted that the application of a detectaphone to the walls of a home or a private office constitutes a direct invasion of the privacy of the occupant, and a search of his private quarters. 38, 40, and cases cited. 1030, Boyd v. United States, 116 U. S. 616, and Justice Brandeis' memorable dissent in Olmstead v. United States, 277 U. S. 438, 277 U. S. 471. It is urged that where, as in the present case, one talks in his own office, and intends his conversation to be confined within the four walls of the room, he does not intend his voice shall go beyond those walls and it is not to be assumed he takes the risk of someone's use of a delicate detector in the next room. See Pavesich v. New England Life Ins. Meantime, two federal agents, with the assistance of the building superintendent, obtained access at night to Shulman's office and to the adjoining one and installed a listening apparatus in a small aperture in the partition wall with a wire to be attached to earphones extending into the adjoining office. 68, 69 L.R.A. The petitioners ask us, if we are unable to distinguish Olmstead v. United States, to overrule it. Supreme Court of the United States - Roberts, Owen Josephus, Supreme Court of the United States - Black, Hugo Lafayette. 420, 76 L.Ed. , 52 S.Ct. We hold there was no error in denying the inspection of the witnesses' memoranda. See Wigmore, Evidence, 3d Ed., vol. Footnote 3 652, 134 S.W. Hoffman said he would agree, but he went at once to the referee and disclosed the scheme. ] Act of June 19, 1934, 48 Stat. 1. At the preliminary hearing, and at the trial, counsel for petitioners demanded that they be permitted to inspect the notes and memoranda made by the agents during the investigation, the agents having admitted they had refreshed their recollection from these papers prior to testifying. See also Tudor, James Otis, p. 66, and John Adams, Works, vol. A federal investigator was consulted and it was arranged that Hoffman should continue to negotiate with the petitioners. 277 U.S. 438, 466, 48 S.Ct. [ The Amendment provides no exception in its guaranty of protection. GOLDMAN v. UNITED STATES (1942) No. While the detectaphone is primarily used to obtain evidence, and while such use appears to be condemned by the rulings of this Court in Gouled v. United States, 255 U.S. 298, 41 S.Ct. GOLDMANv.UNITED STATES (two cases). Rights intended to protect all must be extended to all, lest they so fall into desuetude in the course of denying them to the worst of men as to afford no aid to the best of men in time of need. Brady., 316 U.S. 455 (1942). Evidence obtained by federal agents by use of a detectaphone, applied to the wall of a room adjoining the office of the defendant, held not unlawfully obtained as a consequence of a prior trespass committed by the agents in the defendant's office where such trespass, as found by the courts below, did not aid materially in the use of the detectaphone. 1031, 1038, 85 L.Ed. , 53 S.Ct. 194; Kunz v. Allen, 102 Kan. 883, 172 P. 532; Foster-Milburn v. Chinn, 134 Ky. 424, 120 S.W. 277 4. Cf. The views of the court, and of the dissenting justices, were expressed clearly and at length. We hold that the use of the detectaphone by Government agents was not a violation of the Fourth Amendment. [316 Mr. Osmond K. Fraenkel, of New York City, for petitioner shulman. Physical entry may be wholly immaterial. Hoffman refused. Periodical, - Stay up-to-date with how the law affects your life. , 40 S.Ct. Section 605 of the Federal Communications Act does not render inadmissible in a criminal trial in a federal court, testimony (otherwise admissible) of witnesses who were induced to testify by the use, in advance of the trial, of . The protection intended and afforded by the statute is of the means of communication and not of the secrecy of the conversation. [316 It may prohibit the use of his photograph for commercial purposes without his consent. 605. 78-18, 1971 Term . Mr. Chief Justice STONE and Mr. Justice FRANKFURTER: Had a majority of the Court been willing at this time to overrule the Olmstead case, we should have been happy to join them. U.S. Reports: Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129. On the other hand, the relation between the trespass and the use of the detectaphone was that of antecedent and consequent. 518, 522; Chafee, Progress of the Law, 19191922, 35 Harv.L.Rev. United States v. Yee Ping Jong, D.C., 26 F.Supp. With this. While the detectaphone is primarily used to obtain evidence, and while such use appears to be condemned by the rulings of this Court in Gouled v. United States, , 6 S.Ct. At FindLaw.com, we pride ourselves on being the number one source of free legal information and resources on the web. Such We hold that what was heard by the use of the detectaphone was not made illegal by trespass or unlawful entry. Officers conducting an unreasonable search are seeking evidence as such; the form it takes is of no concern to them. This Case Noted is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at University of Miami School of Law . Marron v. United States, 275 U.S. 192, 48 S.Ct. Papers taken from an office in the course of an unreasonable search are taken in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Grau v. United States, 287 U.S. 124, 128, 53 S.Ct. [Footnote 3] The facts are fully stated in the opinion below, and we shall advert only to those essential to an understanding of the questions open in this court. 944, 66 A.L.R. 69, 70. 256. 877. The benefits that accrue from this and other articles of the Bill of Rights are characteristic of democratic rule. 1368. U.S. 383 [Periodical] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/usrep316129/. 116 On the subject of the general warrant see Entick v. Carrington, 19 How.St.Tr. The suggested ground of distinction is that the Olmstead case dealt with the tapping of telephone wires, and the court adverted to the fact that, in using a telephone, the speaker projects his voice beyond the confines of his home or office, and therefore assumes the risk that his message may be intercepted. It suffices to say that we adhere to the opinion there expressed. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, . Pp. 462.) 564, 66 A.L.R. Their homes were not entered. We hold there was no error in denying the inspection of the witnesses' memoranda. 153; United States v. Lefkowitz, We hold that the overhearing and divulgence of what Shulman said into a telephone receiver was not a violation of 605. 261, 65 L.Ed. [Footnote 4]. U.S. 129, 132] U.S. 129, 135] The lettres de cachet are discussed in Chassaigne, Les Lettres de Cachet sous L'ancien Regime (Paris, 1903). U.S. 129, 133] Divulgence of a person's telephone conversation, overheard as it was spoken into the telephone receiver, does not violate 605 of the Federal Communications Act, as in such case there is neither a "communication" nor an "interception" within the meaning of the Act. Its benefits are illusory indeed if they are denied to persons who may have been convicted with evidence gathered by the very means which the Amendment forbids. 69, 70. ] Those devices were the general warrants, the writs of assistance and the lettres de cachet. 1006; Hillman v. Star Publishing Co., 64 Wash. 691, 117 P. 594, 35 L.R.A.,N.S., 595; Atkinson v. John E. Doherty & Co., 121 Mich. 372, 80 N.W. Gen., for respondent. On the other hand, the relation between the trespass and the use of the detectaphone was that of antecedent and consequent. One of the great boons secured to the inhabitants of this country by the Bill of Rights is the right of personal privacy guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment. 544, 551, 54 L.Ed. See also 51 of the New York Civil Rights Law, Consol.Laws, c. 6. Henry v. Cherry & Webb, 30 R.I. 13, 73 A. 746, and Justice Brandeis' memorable dissent in Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 471, 48 S.Ct. Officers conducting an unreasonable search are seeking evidence as such; the form it takes is of no concern to them. "LL File No. Date published: Apr 27, 1942 Citations 316 U.S. 129 (1942) 62 S. Ct. 993 Citing Cases United States v. on Lee The contention is not sustainable. In Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942), the Supreme Court applied the . , 52 S.Ct. [ The conditions of modern life have greatly expanded the range and character of those activities which require protection from intrusive action by Government officials if men and women are to enjoy the full benefit of that privacy which the Fourth Amendment was intended to provide. It will be conceded that if the language of the Amendment were given only a literal construction, it might not fit the case now presented for review. 673, 699; 32 Col.L.Rev. 607. --- Decided: April 27, 1942. .had been surreptitiously placed: against an office wall in order to hear conversations in the next office, Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129, 62 S.Ct. For an account of the writs of assistance see Paxton's Cafe, 1761, 1 Quincy, Mass., 51 and Gray's appendix to Quincy's Reports. Argued Dec. 13, 14, 1917. . On appeal, the court held that the overhearing of what was said into a telephone receiver was not a violation 47 U.S.C.S. To rehearse and reappraise the arguments pro and con, and the conflicting views exhibited in the opinions, would serve no good purpose. Mr. Justice JACKSON took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases. Footnote 6 He did so. Copyright 2023, Thomson Reuters. Otherwise it may become obsolete, incapable of providing the people of this land adequate protection. We are unwilling to hold that the discretion was abused in this case. The opinion of the court of appeals (Pet. Officers conducting an unreasonable search are seeking evidence as such; the form it takes is of no concern to them. 153, 47 U.S.C.A. 673, 699; 32 Col.L.Rev. 96 518, 522; Chafee, Progress of the Law, 1919-1922, 35 Harv.L.Rev. To rehearse and reappraise the arguments pro and con, and the conflicting views exhibited in the opinions, would serve no good purpose. 746. Learn more about FindLaws newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. Mr. Charles Fahy, Sol. They provide a standard of official conduct which the courts must enforce. On the basis of the narrow, literal construction of the search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment adopted in Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438, 48 S.Ct. They connected the earphones to the apparatus, but it would not work. See generally Brandeis and Warren, 'The Right to Privacy', 4 Harv.L.Rev. Coy v. United States., 316 U.S. 342 (1942). ", What is protected is the message itself throughout the course of its transmission by the instrumentality or agency of transmission. Syllabus. III, pp. At the preliminary hearing, and at the trial, counsel for petitioners demanded that they be permitted to inspect the notes and memoranda made by the agents during the investigation, the agents having admitted they had refreshed their recollection from these papers prior to testifying. [316 Weems v. United States, Sign up for our free summaries and get the latest delivered directly to you. Evidence of petitioner's end of the conversations, overheard by FBI agents . Cf. Argued October 17, 1967. 524, 29 L.Ed. Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) 46 Griffin v. . Words written by a person and intended ultimately to be carried as so written to a telegraph office do not constitute a communication within the terms of the Act until they are handed to an agent of the telegraph company. They had with them another device, a detectaphone having a receiver so delicate as, when placed against the partition wall, to pick up sound waves originating in Shulman's office, and means for amplifying and hearing them. [316 Issue: Is it in the constitutional powers of congress . U.S. 124, 128 Suffice it to say that the spiritual freedom of the individual depends in no small measure upon the preservation of that right. Both courts below have found that the trespass did not aid materially in the use of the detectaphone. We hold there was no error in denying the inspection of the witnesses' memoranda. The petitioners were lawyers. Also available on microfilm (Law Library Microfilm 84/10004). 51 (1761) and Gray's appendix to Quincy's Reports. 52, sub. This is a disambiguation page.It lists works that share the same title. Footnote 8 See also Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) (detectaphone placed against wall of adjoining room; no search and seizure). Weeks v. United States, 232 U. S. 383. ] It also appears that the Government agents overheard Shulman's end of some outside telephone conversations. Boyd v. United States, Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) (the use of a detectaphone by the police to eavesdrop on conversations through the wall of an adjoining office without trespassing on private property does not violate the Fourth Amendment. At a time when the nation is called upon to give freely of life and treasure to defend and preserve the institutions of democracy and freedom, we should not permit any of the essentials of freedom to lose vitality through legal interpretations that are restrictive and inadequate for the period in which we live. The petitioners contend that the trespass committed in Shulman's office when the listening apparatus was there installed, and what was learned as the result of that trespass, was of some assistance on the following day in locating the receiver of the detectaphone in the adjoining office and this connection between the trespass and the listening resulted in a violation of the Fourth Amendment. a party authored this brief in whole or in part and that no person If the method and habits of the people in 1787 with respect to the conduct of their private business had been what they are today, is it possible to think that the framers of the Bill of Rights would have been [ U.S. Reports: Betts v. 104, 2 Ann.Cas. Criminal Code 37, 18 U.S.C. Mr. Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court. United States, - Once arrested the American Civil Liberties Union offered to defend him and challenge the validity of the evacuation program. U.S. 192 182; Gouled v. United States, Their files were not ransacked. On the basis of the narrow, literal construction of the search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment adopted in Olmstead v. United States, They provide a standard of official conduct which the courts must enforce. ROBERT E. GOLDMAN, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES IN OPPOSITION OPINIONS BELOW The opinion of the court of appeals (Pet. ] United States v. Yee Ping Jong, D.C., 26 F.Supp. He was not allowed to wear his yarmulke while on duty and in Air Force uniform. 232 an assignee for the benefit of creditors, with the proposition that the assignee sell the assets in bulk for an ostensible price which would net the creditors a certain dividend, but in fact at a secret greater price, and that Hoffman and the petitioners should divide the difference between them. 217 [ , 51 S.Ct. 564, 72 L.Ed. So considered, there was neither a 'communication' nor an 'interception' within the meaning of the Act. Global Legal Research Directorate, United States Reports (Official Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court). They were convicted and sentenced and the judgments were affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. It does not ordinarily connote the obtaining of what is to be sent before, or at the moment, it leaves the possession of the proposed sender, or after, or at the moment, it comes into the possession of the intended receiver. 110. Mr. Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court. It will be conceded that, if the language of the Amendment were given only a literal construction, it might not fit the case now presented for review. [316 We hold that what was heard by the use of the detectaphone was not made illegal by trespass or unlawful entry. But it has not been the rule or practice of this Court to permit the scope and operation of broad principles ordained by the Constitution to be restricted, by a literal reading of its provisions, to those evils and phenomena that were contemporary with its framing. The petitioner was convicted in the District Court for the Southern District of California under an eight-count indictment charging him with transmitting wagering information by telephone from Los Angeles to Miami and Boston in violation of a federal statute. Insistence on its retention does not mean that a person has anything to conceal, but means rather that the choice should be his as to what he wishes to reveal, saving only to the Government the right to seek out crime under a procedure with suitable safeguards for the protection of individual rights, such as the warrant whose requisites are set forth in the Fourth Amendment. Marron v. United States, 275 U. S. 192. No. [ 38, 40, 77 L.Ed. 285 8, 2184b, pp. See Ex parte Jackson, 96 U. S. 727. Their papers and effects were not disturbed. A preliminary hearing was had and the motion was denied. Names Roberts, Owen Josephus (Judge) Supreme Court of the United States (Author) Created / Published 1941 Headings - Law - Witnesses - Law Library - Supreme Court - United States - Government Documents - Judicial review and appeals - Bankruptcy - Lawyers and legal services FindLaw.com Free, trusted legal information for consumers and legal professionals, SuperLawyers.com Directory of U.S. attorneys with the exclusive Super Lawyers rating, Abogado.com The #1 Spanish-language legal website for consumers, LawInfo.com Nationwide attorney directory and legal consumer resources. Cf. A warrant can be devised which would permit the use of a detectaphone. Act of June 19, 1934, 48 Stat. 928, 18 Ann.Cas. But the search of one's home or office no longer requires physical entry, for science has brought forth far more effective devices for the invasion of a person's privacy than the direct and obvious methods of oppression which were detested by our forebears and which inspired the Fourth Amendment. Numerous conferences were had and the necessary papers drawn and steps taken. Mr. Osmond K. Fraenkel, of New York City, for petitioner shulman. [316 3 88. Cf. The next afternoon, one of the agents returned to the adjoining room with two others and a stenographer. The validity of the contention must be tested by the terms of the Act fairly construed. 277 We hold that what was heard by the use of the detectaphone was not made illegal by trespass or unlawful entry. Ct. 159, 62 L. Ed. Syllabus. 605, and the listening in the next room to the words of one defendant as he talked into the telephone receiver was not an interception of a wire communication within the meaning of the Act. GOLDMAN v. UNITED STATES. & Supreme Court Of The United States. The petitioners contend that a communication falls within the protection of the statute once a speaker has uttered words with the intent that they constitute a transmission of a telephone conversation. Footnote 6 , 30 S.Ct. Since we accept these concurrent findings, we need not consider a contention based on a denial of their verity. Please try again. . 877, 82 A.L.R. [Footnote 2/5] Surely the spirit motivating the framers of that Amendment would abhor these new devices no less. , 41 S.Ct. [Footnote 2/2] It may prohibit the use of his photograph for commercial purposes without his consent. ] Criminal Code 37, 18 U.S.C. U.S. 616, 630 Footnote 4 Accordingly, the defendants convictions were affirmed. A preliminary hearing was had, and the motion was denied. The circumstance that petitioners were obviously guilty of gross fraud is immaterial. on writ of certiorari to the colorado court of appeals, division ii brief of southwestern law student elena cordonean, and professors norman m. garland Evidence against defendants was obtained after agents installed a detectaphone, a listening apparatus, in the wall of one defendant's office. 52, sub. Nos. The petitioners were not physically searched. P. 316 U. S. 135. Grau v. United States, Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States, 251 U.S. 385, 40 S.Ct. Footnote 7 Whatever may be said of a wire-tapping device that permits an outside telephone conversation to be overheard, it can hardly be doubted that the application of a detectaphone to the walls of a home or a private office constitutes a direct invasion of the privacy of the occupant, and a search of his private quarters. Law Library, - They are among the amenities that distinguish a free society from one in which the rights and comforts of the individual are wholly subordinated to the interests of the state. On the other hand, the relation between the trespass and the use of the detectaphone was that of antecedent and consequent. Before the trial Shulman learned the facts and made a motion, in which the other petitioners joined, to suppress the evidence thus obtained. Such, invasions of privacy, unless they are authorized by a warrant issued in the manner and form prescribed by the Amendment or otherwise conducted under adequate safeguards defined by statute, are at one with the evils which have heretofore been held to be within the Fourth Amendment and equally call for remedial action. 255 With the passing of the years since 1787 marked changes have ensued in the ways of conducting business and personal affairs. It is our duty to see that this historic provision receives a construction sufficiently liberal and elastic to make it serve the needs and manners of each succeeding generation. The benefits that accrue from this and other articles of the Bill of Rights are characteristic of democratic rule. of the dissenting justices, were expressed clearly and at length. So considered, there was neither a 'communication' nor an 'interception' within the meaning of the Act. What is protected by 47 U.S.C.S. Its great purpose was to protect the citizen against oppressive tactics. And, while a search warrant, with its procedural safeguards has generally been regarded as prerequisite to the reasonableness of a search in those areas of essential privacy, such as the home, to which the Fourth Amendment applies (see Agnello v. United States, 269 U.S. 20, 32, 46 S.Ct. b (5) of the Bankruptcy Act [2] by receiving, or attempting to obtain, money for acting, or forbearing to act, in a bankruptcy proceeding. See Ex parte Jackson, 96 U.S. 727, 24 L.Ed. The validity of the contention must be tested by the terms of the Act fairly construed. United States Supreme Court. the agents overheard, and the stenographer transcribed, portions of conversations between Hoffman, Shulman, and Martin Goldman on several occasions, and also heard what Shulman said when talking over the telephone from his office. And, while a search warrant, with its procedural safeguards, has generally been regarded as prerequisite to the reasonableness of a search in those areas of essential privacy, such as the home, to which the Fourth Amendment applies (see Agnello v. United States, 269 U. S. 20, 269 U. S. 32), some method of responsible administrative supervision could be evolved for the use of the detectaphone which, like the valid search warrant, would adequately protect the privacy of the individual against irresponsible and indiscriminate intrusions by Government officers. Since we accept these concurrent findings, we need not consider a contention based on a denial of their verity. 376. Numerous conferences were had and the necessary papers drawn and steps taken. Argued February 5, 6, 1942.-Decided April 27, 1942. If the method and habits of the people in 1787 with respect to the conduct of their private business had been what they are today, is it possible to think that the framers of the Bill of Rights would have been, any less solicitous of the privacy of transactions conducted in the office of a lawyer, a doctor, or a man of business than they were of a person's papers and effects? Argued Feb. 5, 6, 1942. 261, 65 L.Ed. [ See Boyd v. United States, The next afternoon, one of the agents returned to the adjoining room with two others and a stenographer. United States, 277 U. S. 438, and Goldman v. United States, 316 U. S. 129, is no longer controlling. III However, in 1928, in the case of Olmstead v. United States, . Cf. Court cases, - 116 U.S. 129, 140] 145), some method of responsible administrative supervision could be evolved for the use of the detectaphone which, like the valid search warrant, would adequately protect the privacy of the individual against irresponsible and indiscriminate intrusions by Government officers. He did so. 8 Mr. Chief Justice STONE and Mr. Justice FRANKFURTER: Had a majority of the Court been willing at this time to overrule the Olmstead case, we should have been happy to join them. Section 3 embodies the following definition: [Footnote 5], "(a) 'Wire communication' or 'communication by wire' means the transmission of writing, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds of all kinds by aid of wire, cable, or other like connection between the points of origin and reception of such transmission, including all instrumentalities, facilities, apparatus, and services (among other things, the receipt, forwarding, and delivery of communications) incidental to such transmission. [ 564, 570, 72 L.Ed. 607. Mr. Charles Fahy, Sol. U.S. 727 212, and cases cited. U.S. 727 Meantime, two federal agents, with the assistance of the building superintendent, obtained access at night to Shulman's office and to the adjoining one and installed a listening apparatus in a small aperture in the partition wall with a wire to be attached to earphones extending into the adjoining office. For an account of the writs of assistance see Paxton's Cafe, 1761, 1 Quincy, Mass., 51 and Gray's appendix to Quincy's Reports. 1941. It is true that the absence of such penetration was at one time thought to foreclose further Fourth Amendment inquiry, Olmstead v. United States [1928]; Goldman v. United States [1942], for that Amendment was thought to limit only searches and seizures of tangible property. With this Mr. Osmond K. Fraenkel, of New York City, for petitioner shulman. 8, 2251, 2264; 31 Yale L.J. Goldman v. United States, 316 U.S. 129 (1942) Goldman v. United States No. 605. ), vol. 386; Cooley, Constitutional Limitations, 8th Ed., vol. Nothing now can be profitably added to what was there said. Cf. Both courts below have found that the trespass did not aid materially in the use of the detectaphone. , 48 S.Ct. 7 Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (1928). As respects it, the trespass might be said to be continuing and, if the apparatus had been used it might, with reason, be claimed that the continuing trespass was the concomitant of its use. Co. of Virginia, 192 S.C. 454, 7 S.E.2d 169, 127 A.L.R. 389 U.S. 347. That case was the subject of prolonged consideration by this court. "It is not the breaking of his [man's] doors, and the rummaging of his drawers, that constitutes the essence of the offense" -- those are but "circumstances of aggravation." 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