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Brower v. Inyo County

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Advocates
Philip W. McDowell (on behalf of the Respondents)
Robert Gene Gilmore (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
87-248
Petitioner: 
Brower
Respondent: 
Inyo County
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
489 U.S. 593 (1989)
Argued: 
Wednesday, January 11, 1989
Decided: 
Tuesday, March 21, 1989
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Search and Seizure, Vehicles

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Brower v. Inyo County , 489 U.S. 593 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_87_248)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Brower, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 4: Fourth Amendment

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Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' concurrence
Brennan
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White
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' concurrence
Marshall
Voted with the majority, joined Stevens' concurrence
Blackmun
Wrote a special concurrence
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Wrote the majority opinion
Scalia
Voted with the majority
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Full Opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia