Arkansas v. Sanders

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=Arkansas v. Sanders
ArgueDate=February 27
ArgueYear=1979
DecideDate=June 20
DecideYear=1979
FullName=Arkansas v. Sanders
USVol=442
USPage=753
Citation=
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=Absent exigency, the warrantless search of personal luggage merely because it was located in an automobile lawfully stopped by the police is a violation of the Fourth Amendment and not justified under the automobile exception.
SCOTUS=1975-1981
Majority=Powell
JoinMajority=Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall,
Concurrence=Burger
JoinConcurrence=Stevens
Dissent=Blackmun
JoinDissent=Rehnquist
LawsApplied=Fourth Amendment

"Arkansas v. Sanders", 442 U.S. 753 (1979), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that, absent exigency, the warrantless search of personal luggage merely because it was located in an automobile lawfully stopped by the police is a violation of the Fourth Amendment and not justified under the automobile exception.

"Sanders" resolved two distinct lines of cases: on the one hand, "Carroll v. United States" laid down the automobile exception which allowed for warrantless searches of automobiles; on the other hand, "United States v. Chadwick" did not allow for a warrantless search of luggage. Sanders declined to extend the automobile exception here, again stressing, as in "Chadwick", the heightened expectation of privacy in one's luggage.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 442
*"Carroll v. United States", ussc|267|132|1925
*"United States v. Chadwick", ussc|433|1|1977
*"United States v. Ross", ussc|456|798|1982
*"California v. Greenwood", ussc|486|35|1988

External links

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