United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez

United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 7, 1989
Decided February 28, 1990
Full case nameUnited States v. Rene Martin Verdugo-Urquidez
Citations494 U.S. 259 (more)
110 S. Ct. 1056; 108 L. Ed. 2d 222; 1990 U.S. LEXIS 1175; 58 U.S.L.W. 4263
Case history
Prior856 F.2d 1214 (9th Cir. 1988); cert. granted, 490 U.S. 1019 (1989).
Holding
The Fourth Amendment does not apply to the search and seizure by United States agents of property owned by a nonresident alien and located in a foreign country.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Case opinions
MajorityRehnquist, joined by White, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy
ConcurrenceKennedy
ConcurrenceStevens (in judgment)
DissentBrennan, joined by Marshall
DissentBlackmun
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 U.S. 259 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined that Fourth Amendment protections do not apply to searches and seizures by United States agents of property owned by a nonresident alien in a foreign country.[1]

  1. ^ United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 U.S. 259 (1990).