Alapocas Maintenance Corporation v. Wilmington Friends School, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “contraband goods concealed and illegally transported 7 in an automobile or other vehicle may be searched for without a warrant”
• approving search after arrest for “whatever is found upon his person or in his control”
• noting the vehicle could be moved out of the jurisdiction while the warrant was being sought
• noting the vehicle could be moved out of the jurisdiction while the warrant was being sought
• establishing the automobile exception, creating a rule that presumes exigency based upon the mobility of an automobile suspected to contain evidence of criminal activity or contraband
• noting the vehicle could be moved out of the jurisdiction while the warrant was being sought

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).