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SOUTH DAKOTA v. OPPERMAN

No. 75-76.

428 U.S. 364 (1976)

SOUTH DAKOTA v. OPPERMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided July 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Janklow, Attorney General of South Dakota, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Earl R. Mettler, Assistant Attorney General.

Robert C. Ulrich, by appointment of the Court, 423 U.S. 1012, argued the cause for respondent pro hac vice. With him on the brief were Lee M. McCahren and John F. Hagemann.*

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

We review the judgment of the Supreme Court of South Dakota, holding that local police violated the Fourth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, as applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment, when they conducted a routine inventory search of an automobile lawfully impounded by police for violations of municipal parking ordinances.

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Local ordinances prohibit parking in certain...

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