Legal Opinion
South Dakota v. Opperman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 6, 1976No. 75-76PublishedCited by 3,049 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We review the judgment of the Supreme Court of South Dakota, holding that local police violated the Fourth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, as applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment, when they conducted a routine inventory search of an automobile lawfully impounded by police for violations of municipal parking ordinances.(1)
Local ordinances prohibit parking in certain areas of downtown Vermillion, S. D., between the hours of 2 a. m. and 6 a. m. During the early morning hours of December 10, 1973, a Vermillion police officer observed respondent’s unoccupied vehicle…
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