Mapp v. Ohio
Supreme Court decision
By: Thomas C. Clark; William O. Douglas; John Marshall Harlan
Date: June 19, 1961
Source: Clark, Thomas C., William O. Douglas, and John Marshall Harlan Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643. Available online at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case... ; website home page: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com (accessed June 11, 2003).
About the Authors: Thomas C. Clark (1899–1977) was named U.S. attorney general in 1945 and served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967. John Marshall Harlan (1899–1971) spent most of his precourt legal career working on Wall Street. In 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower (served 1953–1961) appointed Harlan to the Supreme Court, where he served...
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