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· 11/9/1987

McCulloch v. United States

Citations

  • 484 U.S. 947

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that a military contractor could assert a Yearsley defense to a federal cause of action
  • outlining concerns to be considered in invoking the inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule
  • outlining concerns to be considered in invoking the inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule
  • Applying the inevitable discovery doctrine to allow admission of evidence seen during illegal search, some of which was included in a warrant affidavit, when sufficient independent information existed to support issuance of a valid warrant
  • post-Nix decision holding evidence of drugs admissible at trial because search warrant inevitably would have been sought and issued even if illegal search had not taken place
  • inevitable discovery doctrine applied to evidence discovered during illegal bomb sweep of apartment

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Judges: Brennan, White, Whom

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