United States v. Chadwick

United States v. Chadwick

Argued April 26, 1977
Decided June 21, 1977
Full case name United States v. Chadwick et al.
Citations

433 U.S. 1 (more)

Holding
Absent exigency, the warrantless search of double-locked luggage just placed in the trunk of a parked vehicle is a violation of the Fourth Amendment and not justified under the automobile exception.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Case opinions
Majority Burger, joined by Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Powell, Stevens
Concurrence Brennan
Dissent Blackmun, joined by Rehnquist
Laws applied
Fourth Amendment

United States v. Chadwick, 433 U.S. 1 (1977), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that, absent exigency, the warrantless search of double-locked luggage just placed in the trunk of a parked vehicle is a violation of the Fourth Amendment and not justified under the automobile exception. The court reasoned that while luggage is movable like an automobile, it does not have the lesser expectation of privacy associated with an automobile.

Chadwick was later abrogated on other grounds by California v. Acevedo, 500 U.S. 565 (1991), in which the Supreme Court overruled Chadwick's holding with respect to containers within a vehicle, holding that police may search a container within a vehicle without a warrant if they have probable cause to believe that the container itself holds contraband or evidence.

Chadwick’s holding that a search incident to arrest must not be too remote in time or place is still good law.

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