Weeks v. United States - Significance, Great Principles Must Not Be Sacrificed, A Personal Right Of The Defendant?, Impact
Petitioner
Fremont Weeks
Respondent
United States
Petitioner's Claim
That his house was searched and his papers seized without a search warrant and thus the papers should not be admissible in court as evidence against him.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Martin J. O'Donnell
Chief Lawyers for Respondent
Denison, U.S. Assistant Attorney General; John William Davis, U.S. Solicitor General
Justices for the Court
William Rufus Day (writing for the Court), Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles Evans Hughes, Joseph Rucker Lamar, Horace Harmon Lurton, Joseph McKenna, Mahlon Pitney, Willis Van Devanter, Edward Douglass White
Justices Dissenting
None
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
24 February 1914
Decision
Reversed the decision of a district court and held that evidence obtained by unreasonable searches and seizures could not be used against a person in federal court.
Related Cases
- Ex parte Jackson, 96 U.S. 727 (1877).
- Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616 (1886).
- Bram v. United States, 168 U.S. 532 (1897).
- Holt v. United States, 218 U.S. 245 (1910).
- Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961).
Sources
Levy, Leonard W., ed. Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. New York: Macmillan, 1986.
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