Coolidge v. New Hampshire
1971 U.S. Supreme Court case on police searches of automobiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443 (1971), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the Fourth Amendment and the automobile exception.
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Quick Facts Coolidge v. New Hampshire, Argued January 12, 1971 Decided June 21, 1971 ...
Coolidge v. New Hampshire | |
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Argued January 12, 1971 Decided June 21, 1971 | |
Full case name | Edward Coolidge v. New Hampshire |
Citations | 403 U.S. 443 (more) 91 S. Ct. 2022; 29 L. Ed. 2d 564 |
Case history | |
Prior | 109 N.H. 403, 260 A.2d 547 (1969); cert. granted, 399 U.S. 926 (1970). |
Holding | |
The warrant for the search and seizure of petitioner's automobile did not satisfy the requirements of the Fourth Amendment, because it was not issued by a "neutral and detached magistrate." | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Stewart (Part III), joined by Burger, Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, Marshall |
Majority | Stewart (Parts I, II-D), joined by Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, Marshall |
Plurality | Stewart (Parts II-A, II-B, II-C), joined by Douglas, Brennan, Marshall |
Concurrence | Harlan |
Concur/dissent | Burger |
Concur/dissent | Black, joined by Burger, Blackmun (as to Parts II and III and a portion of Part I) |
Concur/dissent | White, joined by Burger |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. IV | |
Superseded by | |
Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128 (1990). |
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The state sought to justify the search of a car owned by Edward Coolidge, suspected of killing 14-year-old Pamela Mason in January 1964, on three theories: automobile exception, search incident to arrest and plain view.