Supreme Court· 3/28/1960

Abel v. United States

Citations

362 U.S. 217
80 S. Ct. 683
4 L. Ed. 2d 668
1960 U.S. LEXIS 1412

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holding that one who has voluntarily abandoned property cannot subsequently complain about its search and seizure
holding that one who has voluntarily abandoned property cannot sub- sequently complain about its search and seizure
holding that one who has voluntarily abandoned property cannot subsequently complain about its search and seizure
holding that a search of a suitcase that could have been made at the arrest scene was allowed at a later time in the detention center
holding that an individual has no privacy interest in abandoned property, such as items thrown away in a vacated hotel-room wastebasket
holding that an administrative 17 No. 08-30512 inspection is a sham if it is “a pretext solely to gather evidence of criminal activity.” (emphasis added)

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Judges: Frankfurter, Brennan, Black, Douglas

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