Ed McAndrew Comments on Third Circuit’s Constitutional Privacy Ruling in Death Photo Case

Partner Ed McAndrew commented on a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit regarding death scene photos and privacy in a Law360 article titled "Death Photo Privacy Ruling Failed to Clarify Law, Experts Say." Published July 6, 2026, the article describes how the three-judge panel ruled 2-1 that a Philadelphia police officer's taking and online dissemination of death scene photos was not a clearly established violation of the constitutional right to privacy, based on the majority's analytic focus on history and tradition.

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