Trupiano v. United States

Mr. Chief Justice Vinson, with whom Mr. Justice Black, Mr. Justice Reed and Mr. Justice Burton concur,

dissenting.

Federal officers, following a lawful arrest, seized contraband materials which were being employed in open view in violation and defiance of the laws of the land. *711Today, the Court for the first time has branded such a seizure illegal. Nothing in the explicit language of the Fourth Amendment dictates that result. Nor is that holding supported by any decision of this Court.

The material facts are not in dispute. In January,' 1946, certain of the petitioners approached one Kell…