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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AND COIS BYRD, SHERIFF OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY v. MCLAUGHLIN, DONALD LEE, et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	May 13, 1991
Date Argument	January 07, 1991
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	500 U.S. 44 111 S. Ct. 1661 1991 U.S. LEXIS 2528 114 L. Ed. 2d 49
Docket	89-1817

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	California Central U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Petitioner	county government or county governmental unit, except school district California
Respondent	arrested person, or pretrial detainee

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Search And Seizure (other Than As Pertains To Vehicles Or Crime Control Act) CONSTITUTION Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 1 (case or controversy requirement)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality White Rehnquist O'Connor Kennedy Souter dissent Marshall Blackmun Stevens Scalia
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Search And Seizure (other Than As Pertains To Vehicles Or Crime Control Act) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fourth Amendment
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality White Rehnquist O'Connor Kennedy Souter dissent Marshall Blackmun Stevens Scalia

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1990-069-01

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