Collins v. Virginia

Decided May 29, 2018. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 16-1027 · 584 U.S. 586 (2018) · Cited 347 times

Holding

The Fourth Amendment’s automobile exception does not permit the warrantless entry of a home or its curtilage in order to search a vehicle therein.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Florida v. Jardines · 569 U.S. 1 (2013)
• Carroll v. United States · 267 U.S. 132 (1925)
• Scher v. United States · 305 U.S. 251 (1938)
• Oliver v. United States · 466 U.S. 170 (1984)
• California v. Carney · 471 U.S. 386 (1985)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• Pennsylvania v. Labron · 518 U.S. 938 (1996)
• Davis v. United States · 564 U.S. 229 (2011)
• Horton v. California · 496 U.S. 128 (1990)
• Brigham City v. Stuart · 547 U.S. 398 (2006)
• Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
• Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
• California v. Ciraolo · 476 U.S. 207 (1986)
• Chambers v. Maroney · 399 U.S. 42 (1970)
• Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
• South Dakota v. Opperman · 428 U.S. 364 (1976)
• United States v. Calandra · 414 U.S. 338 (1974)
• Herring v. United States · 555 U.S. 135 (2009)
• United States v. Janis · 428 U.S. 433 (1976)
• Hudson v. Michigan · 547 U.S. 586 (2006)
• Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino · 376 U.S. 398 (1964)
• Arizona v. Evans · 514 U.S. 1 (1995)
• Maryland v. Dyson · 527 U.S. 465 (1999)
• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
• Payton v. New York · 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
• Rakas v. Illinois · 439 U.S. 128 (1978)
• United States v. Ross · 456 U.S. 798 (1982)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Garza v. Idaho · 586 U.S. 232 (2019)

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