Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Smith v. District Court of Oklahoma County

404 U.S. 819

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1971-10-12
Topic
labor-and-employment

How later courts describe this case

  • finding that the Attorney General who assumed charge of the investigation and acted as Chief Prosecutor and who issued the warrant was not neutral
  • federal grants to private colleges and universities for construction of facilities to be used for secular purposes
  • “The exclusionary rules were fashioned ‘to prevent, not to repair,’ and their target is official misconduct.”
  • "it is no part of the policy underlying the Fourth ... Amendment[] to discourage citizens from aiding to the utmost of their ability in the apprehension of criminals"
  • warrant invalid if issued by state attorney general acting as justice of the peace
  • production of husband's belongings by wife did not involve governmental action
  • where search warrant was defective, Court considered warrant-less search exceptions
  • discussing inclusion of the garage within the curtilage

Citator

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Motion for leave to file petition for writ of prohibition denied.