Utah v. Strieff

Decided June 20, 2016. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 14-1373 · 579 U.S. 232 (2016) · Cited 364 times

Holding

The evidence Offcer Fackrell seized incident to Strieff 's arrest is admissible based on an application of the attenuation factors from Brown v.

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 5–3.

“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.

• Brown v. Illinois · 422 U.S. 590 (1975)
• Segura v. United States · 468 U.S. 796 (1984)
• Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Wong Sun v. United States · 371 U.S. 471 (1963)
• Hudson v. Michigan · 547 U.S. 586 (2006)
• Kaupp v. Texas · 538 U.S. 626 (2003)
• United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
• Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
• Florida v. Bostick · 501 U.S. 429 (1991)
• Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
• Arizona v. Gant · 556 U.S. 332 (2009)
• Davis v. United States · 564 U.S. 229 (2011)
• Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. · 436 U.S. 658 (1978)
• Whren v. United States · 517 U.S. 806 (1996)
• Delaware v. Prouse · 440 U.S. 648 (1979)
• Adams v. Williams · 407 U.S. 143 (1972)
• United States v. Sokolow · 490 U.S. 1 (1989)
• Illinois v. Wardlow · 528 U.S. 119 (2000)
• United States v. Brignoni-Ponce · 422 U.S. 873 (1975)
• Nix v. Williams · 467 U.S. 431 (1984)
• Devenpeck v. Alford · 543 U.S. 146 (2004)
• Herring v. United States · 555 U.S. 135 (2009)
• Murray v. United States · 487 U.S. 533 (1988)
• Atwater v. City of Lago Vista · 532 U.S. 318 (2001)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• City of Indianapolis v. Edmond · 531 U.S. 32 (2000)
• United States v. Johnson · 457 U.S. 537 (1982)
• Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co. · 553 U.S. 639 (2008)
• Taylor v. Alabama · 457 U.S. 687 (1982)
• James v. Illinois · 493 U.S. 307 (1990)

Cited by

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

• Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College · 600 U.S. 181 (2023)
• Lange v. California · 594 U.S. 295 (2021)

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