Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Swytzer v. United States Postal Service

Swytzer v. United States Postal Serv., 486 U.S. 1046 (1988)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-06-06
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that defendant, listed as an authorized driver on the rental agreement, has standing to object to search of door panels of rented automobile
  • offer to testify illusory because co-defendant conditioned testifying on being tried first
  • officers may detain occupants of a searched dwelling for a reasonable period of time
  • two cases finding a lack of standing to object to a search of a car when the accused surrendered the car keys and control of the car to other individuals
  • Allowing government to reverse its position concerning defendant’s standing.

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Swytzer v. United States Postal Service. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

Cited by
34 opinions

C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.