RILEY v. CALIFORNIA

Nos. 13-132, 13-212.

134 S.Ct. 2473 (2014)

189 L.Ed.2d 430

David Leon RILEY, Petitioner, v. CALIFORNIA. United States, Petitioner, v. Brima Wurie.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 25, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Fisher , Stanford, CA, for Petitioner Riley.

Edward C. Dumont , San Diego, CA, for Respondent California.

Michael R. Dreeben , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Respondent.

Patrick Morgan Ford , Law Office of Patrick Morgan Ford, San Diego, CA, Donald B. Ayer , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Jeffrey L. Fisher , Counsel of Record, Stanford Law School, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford, CA, for Petitioner Riley.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General of California, Edward C. Dumont , Solicitor General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven T. Oetting , Craig J. Konnoth , Deputy Solicitors General, Christine M. Levingston Bergman , Counsel of Record, Deputy Attorney General, State of California Department of Justice, San Diego, CA, for Respondent California.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the United States.

Judith H. Mizner , Counsel of Record, Federal Defender Office, for Respondent Wurie.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Mythili Raman , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben , Deputy Solicitor General, John F. Bash , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Robert A. Parker , Michael A. Rotker , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the United States.


Chief Justice ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These two cases raise a common question: whether the police may, without a warrant, search digital information on a cell phone seized from an individual who has been arrested.

I

A

In the first case, petitioner David Riley was stopped by a police officer for driving with expired registration tags. In the course of the stop, the officer also learned that Riley's license had been suspended...

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