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OLMSTEAD et al. v. UNITED STATES (1928)
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| OLMSTEAD et al. v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1927 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 20, 1928 |
| Decided: June 4, 1928 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter |
| Dissenting |
| Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Harlan Fiske Stone |
OLMSTEAD et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1928. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1928.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1920s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taft Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 277 U.S. 438
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Howard Taft
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.
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