Bond V. United States (2000)
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued February, 2000 Decided April 17, 2000 |
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| Full case name | Bond v United States | |||||
| Citations | 529 U.S. 334 (more) | |||||
| Argument | Oral argument | |||||
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| That the agent's physical manipulation of petitioner's carry-on bag violated the Fourth Amendment's proscription against unreasonable searches. | ||||||
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| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg | |||||
| Dissent | Breyer, joined by Scalia | |||||
Bond v United States, 529 U.S. 334 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court Fourth Amendment case that applied the ruling of Minnesota v. Dickerson to luggage, which held that police may not physically manipulate items without a warrant without violating the Fourth Amendment.
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