End date 1924 | ||
Full case name Hester v. United States Citations 265 U.S. 57 (more)44 S.Ct. 445; 68 L.Ed. 898 Majority Holmes, joined by unanimous court Similar Muehler v Mena, Abel v United States, Arizona v Hicks | ||
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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