| Litigants: | Silverman v. United States |
| Arguedate: | December 5 |
| Argueyear: | 1960 |
| Decidedate: | March 6 |
| Decideyear: | 1961 |
| Fullname: | Silverman v. United States |
| Usvol: | 365 |
| Uspage: | 505 |
| Parallelcitations: | 81 S. Ct. 679; 5 L. Ed. 2d 734; 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1605; 97 A.L.R.2d 1277 |
| Prior: | Certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. |
| Holding: | A federal officer may not, without warrant, physically entrench into a person's office or home to secretly observe or listen and relate at the man's subsequent criminal trial what was seen or heard. |
| Majority: | Stewart |
| Joinmajority: | unanimously |
| Concurrence: | Douglas |
| Concurrence2: | Clark |
| Joinconcurrence2: | Whittaker |
Silverman v. United States, 365 U.S. 505 (1961), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that a federal officer may not, without warrant, physically place themselves into the space of a person's office or home to secretly observe or listen and relate at the man's subsequent criminal trial what was seen or heard.