Ybarra v. Illinois

Ybarra v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 9, 1979 Decided November 28, 1979
Full case name	Ventura Ybarra v. State of Illinois
Citations	444 U.S. 85 (more) 100 S. Ct.338; 62 L. Ed. 2d 238
Case history
Prior	58 Ill. App. 3d 57, 373 N. E. 2d 1013
Holding
When a search warrant specifies the person or people named in the warrant to be searched and the things to be seized, there is no authority to search others not named in the warrant, unless the warrant specifically mentions that the unnamed parties are involved in criminal activity or exigent circumstances are clearly shown.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Stewart, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Powell, Stevens
Dissent	Burger, joined by Blackmun, Rehnquist
Dissent	Rehnquist, joined by Burger, Blackmun
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amends. IV, XIV

Ybarra v. Illinois was a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that a warrant can not be used to search an unnamed individual unless the warrant mentions that unnamed parties are involved or exigent circumstances are shown to exist.