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UNITED STATES v. DUNN

No. 85-998.

480 U.S. 294 (1987)

UNITED STATES v. DUNN

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy T. Englert, Jr., argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Fried, Assistant Attorney General Trott, and Deputy Solicitor General Bryson.

Louis Dugas, Jr., argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted the Government's petition for certiorari to decide whether the area near a barn, located approximately 50 yards from a fence surrounding a ranch house, is, for Fourth Amendment purposes, within the curtilage of the house. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the barn lay within the house's curtilage, and that the District Court should have suppressed certain evidence obtained as a result...

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