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United States v. Peltier, 422 U.S. 531 (1975)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
United States v. Peltier, 422 U.S. 531 (1975)
United States v. Peltier No. 73-200 Argued February 18, 1975 Decided June 25, 1975 422 U.S. 531
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
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This Court’s decision in Almeida-Sanchez v. United States, 413 U.S. 266, which held that a warrantless automobile search, conducted about 25 air miles from the Mexican border by Border Patrol agents acting without probable cause, contravened the Fourth Amendment, does not apply to Border Patrol searches like the one in this case, which, though concededly unconstitutional under Almeida-Sanchez standards, was conducted prior to June 21, 1973, the date of that decision. The policies underlying the exclusionary rule do not require retroactive application of Almeida-Sanchez where, as here, the agents were acting in reliance upon a federal statute supported by longstanding administrative regulations and continuous judicial approval. Pp. 535-542.
500 F.2d 985, reversed.
REHNQUIST, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C.J., and WHITE, BLACKMUN, and POWELL, JJ., joined. DOUGLAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, post, p. 543. BRENNAN, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which MARSHALL, J, joined, and in Part I of which STEWART, J., joined, post, p. 544. STEWART, J., filed a dissenting statement, post, p. 543.
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