SCHNECKLOTH v. BUSTAMONTE

No. 71-732.

412 U.S. 218 (1973)

SCHNECKLOTH, CONSERVATION CENTER SUPERINTENDENT v. BUSTAMONTE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Herbert L. Ashby, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Edward P. O'Brien, Deputy Attorney General

Stuart P. Tobisman, by appointment of the Court, 405 U.S. 1062, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent pro hac vice.*

Melvin L. Wulf, Sanford J. Rosen, Joel M. Gora, A. L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, and Lawrence R. Sperber filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

It is well settled under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments that a search conducted without a warrant issued upon probable cause is "per se unreasonable . . . subject only to a few specifically established and well-delineated exceptions." Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 357; Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443

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