Legal Opinion
Stefanelli v. Minard
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 3, 1951No. 2PublishedCited by 459 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
Petitioners asked equitable relief from the Federal District Court to prevent the fruit of an unlawful search by New Jersey police from being used in evidence in a State *118criminal trial. The suit was brought under R. S. § 1979, 8 U. S. C. § 43, providing for redress against “Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage,, of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and…
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