Hester v. United States

Hester v. United States
Hester v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 24, 1924; Decided May 5, 1924
Full case name	Hester v. United States
Citations	265 U.S. 57 (more) 44 S.Ct. 445; 68 L.Ed. 898
Holding
	"The special protection accorded by the Fourth Amendment to the people in their 'persons, houses, papers and effects', is not extended to the open fields."
Court membership
	Chief Justice; William H. Taft
	Associate Justices; Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.; Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds; Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland; Pierce Butler · Edward T. Sanford
Case opinions
Majority	Holmes, joined by unanimous court

Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which established the open fields doctrine. In an opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, the court held that "the special protection accorded by the Fourth Amendment to the people in their 'persons, houses, papers and effects', is not extended to the open fields."

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