Wolf v. Colorado

Wolf v. Colorado (1949)
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Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25 (1949) was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held 6-3 that the Fourth Amendment was applicable to the States through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, however, the exclusionary rule was not. The Court specified no redressive measures for those whose rights were violated. The Court would address that in the landmark case Mapp v. Ohio (1961). Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Concurring Opinion: Black

Dissenting Opinions: Douglas; Murphy; Rutledge

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338 U.S. 25

Wolf v. Colorado

Argued: Oct. 19, 1948. --- Decided: June 27, 1949

Mr. Philip Hornbein, Denver, Colo., for petitioner.

Mr. James S. Henderson, Denver, Colo., for respondent.

Mr. Justice FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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