Michigan v. Tyler et al.

Decided May 31, 1978. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-1608 · 436 U.S. 499 (1978) · Cited 1,386 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

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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.

• Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · 387 U.S. 523 (1967)
• See v. City of Seattle · 387 U.S. 541 (1967)
• United States v. Chadwick · 433 U.S. 1 (1977)
• Wyman v. James · 400 U.S. 309 (1971)
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
• United States v. Ventresca · 380 U.S. 102 (1965)
• Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden · 387 U.S. 294 (1967)
• Ker v. California · 374 U.S. 23 (1963)
• Abel v. United States · 362 U.S. 217 (1960)
• Jacobson v. Massachusetts · 197 U.S. 11 (1905)
• Hester v. United States · 265 U.S. 57 (1924)
• Henry v. Mississippi · 379 U.S. 443 (1965)
• Miller v. United States · 357 U.S. 301 (1958)
• G. M. Leasing Corp. v. United States · 429 U.S. 338 (1977)
• Frank v. Maryland · 359 U.S. 360 (1959)

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• Michigan v. Clifford · 464 U.S. 287 (1984)
• Missouri v. McNeely · 569 U.S. 141 (2013)
• Mitchell v. Wisconsin · 588 U.S. 840 (2019)
• Mincey v. Arizona · 437 U.S. 385 (1978)
• Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard · 579 U.S. 438 (2016)
• City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan · 575 U.S. 600 (2015)
• Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 489 U.S. 602 (1989)
• New Jersey v. T. L. O. · 469 U.S. 325 (1985)
• Brigham City v. Stuart · 547 U.S. 398 (2006)
• City of Indianapolis v. Edmond · 531 U.S. 32 (2000)
• Caniglia v. Strom · 593 U.S. 194 (2021)
• United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
• Michigan v. Long · 463 U.S. 1032 (1983)
• Dunaway v. New York · 442 U.S. 200 (1979)
• Illinois v. Rodriguez · 497 U.S. 177 (1990)
• Welsh v. Wisconsin · 466 U.S. 740 (1984)
• New York v. Quarles · 467 U.S. 649 (1984)
• Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz · 496 U.S. 444 (1990)
• Hudson v. Michigan · 547 U.S. 586 (2006)
• Georgia v. Randolph · 547 U.S. 103 (2006)
• Soldal v. Cook County · 506 U.S. 56 (1992)
• New York v. Burger · 482 U.S. 691 (1987)
• O'CONNOR v. Ortega · 480 U.S. 709 (1987)
• United States v. Montoya De Hernandez · 473 U.S. 531 (1985)
• Illinois v. Andreas · 463 U.S. 765 (1983)
• Lee v. Kemna · 534 U.S. 362 (2002)
• Hathorn v. Lovorn · 457 U.S. 255 (1982)
• Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. Board of Equalization of California · 493 U.S. 378 (1990)
• Flippo v. West Virginia · 528 U.S. 11 (1999)
• California v. Rooney · 483 U.S. 307 (1987)

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