KER v. CALIFORNIA

No. 53.

374 U.S. 23 (1963)

KER ET UX. v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Stanley argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Gordon Ringer, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General.

A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Paul Cooksey filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.


MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court with reference to the standard by which state searches and seizures must be evaluated (Part I), together with an opinion applying that standard, in which MR. JUSTICE BLACK, MR. JUSTICE STEWART and MR. JUSTICE WHITE join (Parts II-V), and announced the judgment of the Court.

This case raises search and seizure questions under the rule of Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961...

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