The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Gomez, 947 F.2d 951 (9th Cir. 1992):
United States v. Foster, 711 F.2d 871, 879 (9th Cir. 1983), does not require complete redaction of the affidavit reference to the car. It is enough that material is deleted only to the extent that it is false and misleading; to the extent that it is not, its substance is properly retained for the purposes of determining probable cause. The Fourth Amendment requires no more. All that is required by the Constitution or logic is redaction of the color and specific model designations contained in the affidavit. The majority requires too much.
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