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CALIFORNIA v. ACEVEDO

No. 89-1690.

500 U.S. 565 (1991)

111 S.Ct. 1982

114 L.Ed.2d 619

CALIFORNIA v. ACEVEDO

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Foster, Supervising Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Harley D. Mayfield, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Frederick R. Millar, Supervising Deputy Attorney General.

Frederick Westcott Anderson argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Jan Walls Anderson.

JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us once again to consider the so-called "automobile exception" to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment and its application to the search of a closed container in the trunk of a car.

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