United States v. Caceres

Decided April 2, 1979. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 76-1309 · 440 U.S. 741 (1979) · Cited 883 times

Holding

The tape recordings, and the testimony of the agents who monitored the meetings in question, were not required to be excluded from evidence because of the conceded violation of the IRS regulations.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Vitarelli v. Seaton · 359 U.S. 535 (1959)
• Bridges v. Wixon · 326 U.S. 135 (1945)
• Yellin v. United States · 374 U.S. 109 (1963)
• United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy · 347 U.S. 260 (1954)
• Service v. Dulles · 354 U.S. 363 (1957)
• United States v. White · 401 U.S. 745 (1971)
• Morton v. Ruiz · 415 U.S. 199 (1974)
• American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service · 397 U.S. 532 (1970)
• Miller v. United States · 357 U.S. 301 (1958)
• Lopez v. United States · 373 U.S. 427 (1963)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683 (1974)
• Elkins v. United States · 364 U.S. 206 (1960)
• Board of Curators of the University of Missouri v. Horowitz · 435 U.S. 78 (1978)
• Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · 403 U.S. 388 (1971)
• Beck v. Ohio · 379 U.S. 89 (1964)
• Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
• Mincey v. Arizona · 437 U.S. 385 (1978)
• United States v. Brignoni-Ponce · 422 U.S. 873 (1975)
• United States v. Calandra · 414 U.S. 338 (1974)
• Linkletter v. Walker · 381 U.S. 618 (1965)
• Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
• Almeida-Sanchez v. United States · 413 U.S. 266 (1973)
• Berger v. New York · 388 U.S. 41 (1967)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 559 (1965)
• On Lee v. United States · 343 U.S. 747 (1952)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United States · 316 U.S. 407 (1942)
• United States Ex Rel. Bilokumsky v. Tod · 263 U.S. 149 (1923)
• Raley v. Ohio · 360 U.S. 423 (1959)
• Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 284 U.S. 370 (1932)

Cited by

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

• Schweiker v. Hansen · 450 U.S. 785 (1981)
• United States v. Jacobsen · 466 U.S. 109 (1984)
• Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
• Whren v. United States · 517 U.S. 806 (1996)
• United States v. Hasting · 461 U.S. 499 (1983)
• United States v. Payner · 447 U.S. 727 (1980)

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