389 U.S. 347 (1967) Cited 12,447 times 74 Legal Analyses
Holding that failure to recognize a reasonable expectation of privacy in a telephone booth would "ignore the vital role that the public telephone has come to play in private communication"
534 U.S. 112 (2001) Cited 1,805 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that a "warrantless search . . ., supported by reasonable suspicion and authorized by a condition of probation, was reasonable . . . [under] the Fourth Amendment"
422 U.S. 873 (1975) Cited 3,293 times 14 Legal Analyses
Holding that it violated the Fourth Amendment to stop and "question [a vehicle's] occupants [about their immigration status] when the only ground for suspicion [was] that the occupants appear[ed] to be of Mexican ancestry"
428 U.S. 364 (1976) Cited 3,009 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that an inventory search was constitutionally permissible in part because there was "no suggestion" that the search "was a pretext concealing an investigatory police motive"
526 U.S. 295 (1999) Cited 978 times 14 Legal Analyses
Holding that a search of an automobile and the containers within it is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment if the officers have probable cause to believe the automobile contains contraband
387 U.S. 294 (1967) Cited 2,676 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that the Fourth Amendment allows a search for evidence when there is "probable cause ... to believe that the evidence sought will aid in a particular apprehension or conviction"