Arizona v. Hicks - Significance, Impact, Further Readings
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Petitioner
State of Arizona
Respondent
Hicks
Petitioner's Claim
That a search of Hicks's apartment was legal under the Fourth Amendment.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Linda A. Akers
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
John W. Rood III
Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Antonin Scalia (writing for the Court), John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Sandra Day O'Connor
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
3 March 1987
Decision
Upheld two lower courts' decisions that the search was a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Related Cases
- Stanley v. Georgia, 394 U.S. 557 (1969).
- Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443 (1971).
- Mincey v. Arizona, 434 U.S. 1343 (1977).
- Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730 (1983).
- Illinois v. Andreas, 463 U.S. 765 (1983).
- Maryland v. Macon, 472 U.S. 463 (1985).
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