Carroll v. United States
- Decided
- November 26, 1925
- Docket
- 15
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that “contraband goods concealed and illegally transported in an automobile or other vehicle may be searched for without a warrant” when probable cause exists — Stokeling v. State (2009)
- holding that officers may conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle provided that they first establish probable cause to suspect the presence of illegality therein — Grant v. State (2016)
- holding that "the true rule is that if the search and seizure without a warrant are made upon probable cause ... the search and seizure are valid" — Graves v. City Of Coeur D'alene (2003)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Mr. Chief Justice Taft, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the Court.
The constitutional and statutory provisions involved in this case include the Fourth Amendment and the National Prohibition Act.
The Fourth Amendment is in part as follows:
Cite this
Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132 (1925)Read the full opinion
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