Hester v. United States

Hester v. United States

Argued April 24, 1924
Decided May 5, 1924
Full case name Hester v. United States
Citations

265 U.S. 57 (more)

Holding
"The special protection accorded by the Fourth Amendment to the people in their 'persons, houses, papers and effects', is not extended to the open fields."
Court membership
Chief Justice
William H. Taft
Associate Justices
Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.
Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds
Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland
Pierce Butler · Edward T. Sanford
Case opinions
Majority Holmes, joined by unanimous

Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which established the open-fields doctrine.[1] In an opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Court held that "the special protection accorded by the Fourth Amendment to the people in their 'persons, houses, papers and effects', is not extended to the open fields."[2]

See also

References

  1. Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57-59 (1924).
  2. Hester, 265 U.S. at 59.

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