Wolf v. Colorado

E90374

Fourth Amendment case United States Supreme Court case criminal procedure case

Wolf v. Colorado was a 1949 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Fourth Amendment’s exclusionary rule did not apply to the states, a position later reversed by Mapp v. Ohio.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Julius A. Wolf v. People of the State of Colorado	1
Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25 (1949)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Fourth Amendment case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ
argued	1948-10-19 ⓘ
citation	338 U.S. 25 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Hugo L. Black NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: U.S. Const. amend. IV Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: U.S. Const. amend. XIV
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedBy	Vincent C. Black Court ⓘ
decisionDate	1949-06-27 ⓘ
dissentBy	Justice Frank Murphy ⓘ surface form: Frank Murphy Robert H. Jackson ⓘ William O. Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Wolf v. Colorado self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Julius A. Wolf v. People of the State of Colorado
holding	The Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures applies to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ The exclusionary rule is not required by the Fourteenth Amendment as a remedy for Fourth Amendment violations by state officials ⓘ
impact	Contributed to the development of selective incorporation jurisprudence ⓘ Permitted states to admit evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment until 1961 ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Fred M. Vinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold H. Burton ⓘ Sherman Minton ⓘ Tom C. Clark ⓘ
jurisdiction	Colorado ⓘ surface form: State of Colorado
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
legalIssue	Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule ⓘ incorporation doctrine ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Felix Frankfurter NERFINISHED ⓘ
overruledBy	Mapp v. Ohio ⓘ
overruledByCitation	367 U.S. 643 ⓘ
page	25 ⓘ
party	Julius A. Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Colorado ⓘ surface form: People of the State of Colorado
reargued	1949-01-18 ⓘ
relatedCase	Mapp v. Ohio ⓘ Rochin v. California ⓘ Weeks v. United States ⓘ
reporter	U.S. NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed ⓘ
stateCourt	Colorado Supreme Court ⓘ
subjectMatter	admissibility of illegally obtained evidence in state courts ⓘ
subsequentHistory	Overruled on the exclusionary rule issue by Mapp v. Ohio in 1961 ⓘ
volume	338 ⓘ
yearDecided	1949 ⓘ

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Wolf v. Colorado → fullName → Wolf v. Colorado self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Julius A. Wolf v. People of the State of Colorado

Mapp v. Ohio → overruledPrecedent → Wolf v. Colorado ⓘ

Mapp v. Ohio → overruledPrecedentInPart → Wolf v. Colorado ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25 (1949)

Mapp v. Ohio → relatedCase → Wolf v. Colorado ⓘ

Weeks v. United States → relatedCase → Wolf v. Colorado ⓘ