Payton v. New York
E425631
Payton v. New York is a landmark 1980 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fourth Amendment generally prohibits police from making warrantless, nonconsensual entries into a suspect’s home to make a routine felony arrest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Payton v. New York canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4267653 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Payton v. New York Context triple: [United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court, hasNotableCase, Payton v. New York]
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Nebbia v. New York
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Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
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New York v. United States (1992)
New York v. United States (1992) is a landmark Supreme Court case that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel states to enact or enforce federal regulatory programs, reinforcing the Tenth Amendment’s anti-commandeering principle.
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Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously ruled that Philadelphia violated a Catholic foster care agency’s religious freedom by excluding it from the foster program over its refusal to certify same-sex couples.
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E.
Cooley v. Board of Wardens
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Payton v. New York Target entity description: Payton v. New York is a landmark 1980 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fourth Amendment generally prohibits police from making warrantless, nonconsensual entries into a suspect’s home to make a routine felony arrest.
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A.
Nebbia v. New York
Nebbia v. New York is a 1934 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld state regulation of milk prices and marked a major retreat from the Lochner-era limits on economic regulation under the Due Process Clause.
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B.
Ray v. Blair
Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
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C.
New York v. United States (1992)
New York v. United States (1992) is a landmark Supreme Court case that limited federal power by holding that Congress cannot compel states to enact or enforce federal regulatory programs, reinforcing the Tenth Amendment’s anti-commandeering principle.
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D.
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously ruled that Philadelphia violated a Catholic foster care agency’s religious freedom by excluding it from the foster program over its refusal to certify same-sex couples.
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E.
Cooley v. Board of Wardens
Cooley v. Board of Wardens is an 1852 U.S. Supreme Court decision that helped define the scope of the Commerce Clause by allowing states to regulate certain local aspects of commerce, such as port pilotage, without violating federal authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fourth Amendment case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ |
| appliesTo | routine felony arrests ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1979-10-09 ⓘ |
| bindingOn |
federal courts in the United States
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state courts in the United States ⓘ |
| challengedStatute | New York statute authorizing warrantless home entries to make felony arrests ⓘ |
| citation | 445 U.S. 573 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted | Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decidedIn | October Term 1979 ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1980-04-15 ⓘ |
| decisionType | constitutional ruling ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy | Justice William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| effect |
limited police authority to enter homes without warrants
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strengthened privacy protections in the home ⓘ |
| exceptionRecognized | exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | The People of the State of New York v. Theodore Payton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| held |
A suspect’s home receives special protection under the Fourth Amendment
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Absent exigent circumstances, police must obtain an arrest warrant to enter a suspect’s home to arrest him ⓘ The Fourth Amendment prohibits the police from making a warrantless and nonconsensual entry into a suspect’s home to make a routine felony arrest ⓘ |
| joinedByInDissent |
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
NERFINISHED
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Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Justice Byron White
NERFINISHED
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Justice Harry Blackmun NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Potter Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
constitutional law
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criminal procedure ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Justice John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | New York state criminal prosecutions ⓘ |
| party |
State of New York
NERFINISHED
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Theodore Payton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentFor | later Fourth Amendment home-entry cases ⓘ |
| reasoningIncludes |
physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed
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warrantless home entries for routine arrests are presumptively unreasonable ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | home as the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed ⓘ |
| topic |
arrest in the home
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exigent circumstances ⓘ search and seizure ⓘ warrant requirement ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1980 ⓘ |
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Subject: Payton v. New York Description of subject: Payton v. New York is a landmark 1980 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fourth Amendment generally prohibits police from making warrantless, nonconsensual entries into a suspect’s home to make a routine felony arrest.
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