A court held that a landlord who placed television transmitters and microphones in a tenant's apartment for security purposes wrongfully invaded the tenant's privacy.The court noted, however, that cameras in the common hallways may not violate the tenants' privacy rights.This last statement would be considered

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The statement regarding the common hallways is not essential to the court's holding in the case and is therefore considered dictum, which is an incidental or tangential opinion in a court's decision.

A Court Held That a Landlord Who Placed Television Transmitters