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Legal Citation: 267 U.S. 132 (1925)

Appellants
George Carroll, John Kiro

Appellee
United States

Appellants' Claim
That since there was no basis for the search of their car, the evidence resulting from the search should have been excluded from trial, their arrest and seizure were unlawful, and the use of the liquor as evidence violated their constitutional rights.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
Thomas E. Atkinson

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
John G. Sargent, Attorney General; James M. Beck

Justices for the Court
William Howard Taft (writing for the Court), Joseph McKenna, Willis Van Devanter, Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Edward Terry Sanford

Justices Dissenting
James Clark McReynolds, George Sutherland

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
2 March 1925