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STANFORD v. TEXAS

No. 40.

379 U.S. 476 (1965)

85 S.Ct. 506

13 L.Ed.2d 431

STANFORD v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maury Maverick, Jr., and John J. McAvoy argued the cause for petitioner. With them on the briefs was Melvin L. Wulf.

James E. Barlow and Hawthorne Phillips argued the cause for respondent. With them on the brief were Waggoner Carr, Attorney General of Texas, and Howard M. Fender and Lonny F. Zwiener, Assistant Attorneys General.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

On December 27, 1963, several Texas law-enforcement officers presented themselves at the petitioner's San Antonio home for the purpose of searching it under authority of a warrant issued by a local magistrate. By the time they had finished, five hours later, they had seized some 2,000 of the petitioner's books, pamphlets, and papers. The question presented by this case...

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