United States v. Rabinowitz

United States v. Rabinowitz
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 11, 1950 Decided February 20, 1950
Full case name	United States v. Rabinowitz
Citations	339 U.S. 56 (more) 70 S. Ct. 430; 94 L. Ed. 2d 653
Holding
A warrantless search of a surrounding area incident to a lawful arrest is constitutional and not unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson Associate Justices Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
Majority	Minton, joined by Vinson, Reed, Burton, Clark
Dissent	Black
Dissent	Frankfurter, joined by Jackson
Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings
Trupiano v. United States (1948)

United States v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56 (1950), was a United States Supreme Court case which the Court held that warrantless searches immediately following an arrest are constitutional. The decision overturned Trupiano v. United States (1948), which had banned such searches.