555 U.S. 323 (2009) Cited 2,005 times 17 Legal Analyses
Holding police may "detain an automobile and its occupants pending inquiry into a vehicular violation" without "addition[al] cause to believe any occupant ... is involved in criminal activity"
389 U.S. 347 (1967) Cited 12,462 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"
395 U.S. 752 (1969) Cited 5,661 times 24 Legal Analyses
Holding that, absent a search warrant, there is "no . . . justification" for searching an area not within a suspect's immediate control during an arrest
525 U.S. 113 (1998) Cited 865 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that when an officer cited a driver for speeding, the need to find evidence did not justify a search of a car because the officer had already obtained all the evidence necessary to prosecute the offense and no more evidence would be found in the car
335 U.S. 451 (1948) Cited 1,341 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that officers' actions of climbing through a window of a boarding house, standing on a chair in the hallway, and peering through the transom above the defendant's door constituted an unlawful search