The Oyez Project: Criminal Procedure Issues - Search And Seizure, Vehicles Decisions

Arizona v. Evans - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 01 Mar 1995 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Atwater v. City of Lago Vista - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Fourth Amendment, either by incorporating common-law restrictions on misdemeanor arrests or otherwise, limit a police officer's authority to arrest without warrant for minor criminal offenses?

Brower v. Inyo County - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Mar 1989 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

California v. Acevedo - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 30 May 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Under the Fourth Amendment, may police conduct a warrantless search of a container within an automobile if they have probable cause to believe that the container holds evidence?

City of Indianapolis v. Edmond - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Are highway checkpoint programs, whose primary purpose is the discovery and interdiction of illegal narcotics, consistent with the Fourth Amendment?

Florida v. Bostick - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 20 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Is the acquisition of evidence during random bus searches, conducted pursuant to passengers' consent, a per se violation of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unconstitutional search and seizure?

Florida v. Jimeno - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 23 May 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Does a suspect's consent to a search of his vehicle extend to closed containers found inside?

Florida v. Wells - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 18 Apr 1990 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Florida v. White - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 May 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Fourth Amendment require the police to obtain a warrant before seizing an automobile from a public place when they have probable cause to believe that it is forfeitable contraband under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act?

Illinois v. Caballes - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Fourth Amendment's search and seizure clause require a reasonable articulable suspicion to conduct a canine sniff during a routine traffic stop?

Illinois v. Lidster - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does Indianapolis v. Edmond, which dealt with the Fourth and 14th Amendment prohibitions of unreasonable searches and seizures, prohibit checkpoints organized to question motorists about a previous offense and arrest motorists for drunk driving?

Maryland v. Pringle - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Does an arrest of a front-seat passenger in a car driven by its owner, after police find cocaine in the car's back armrest, lack probable cause and violate the Fourth Amendment's prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures?

South Dakota v. Opperman - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 06 Jul 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Texas v. Brown - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 19 Apr 1983 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Thornton v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Under the "search incident to arrest" exception to the Fourth Amendment, may police search the vehicle of a person they have arrested if they did not make contact with him until after he left the vehicle?

United States v. Chadwick - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Jun 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. Cortez - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Jan 1981 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. Flores-Montano - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Fourth Amendment require customs officers at the international border to have reasonable suspicion in order to remove, disassemble, and search a vehicle's gas tank for illegal material?

United States v. Martinez-Fuerte - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 06 Jul 1976 12:00:00 -0500

Do such stops violate the Fourth Amendment's proscription against unreasonable searches and seizures?

United States v. Watson - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jan 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Whren v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 10 Jun 1996 12:00:00 -0500

Did the officers conduct an unreasonable search and seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment?

Wyoming v. Houghton - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 Apr 1999 12:00:00 -0500

May police officers, with probable cause to search a car, inspect personal items belonging to its passengers without violating the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches?