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Legal Citation: 499 U.S. 621 (1991)

Petitioner
State of California

Respondent
Hodari D.

Petitioner's Claim
That police officials' use of materials discarded by a fleeing suspect prior to a warrantless arrest does not violate Fourth Amendment search and seizure standards.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Kenneth Winston Starr, U.S. Solicitor General

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Paul L. Hoffman

Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, Clarence Thomas, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
15 June 1992

Decision
Upheld California's claim and overturned a lower court's decision prohibiting...