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Legal Citation: 381 U.S. 618 (1965)

Petitioner
Victor Linkletter

Respondent
Victor G. Walker

Petitioner's Claim
Evidence obtained as a result of unreasonable search and seizure should be found inadmissible under the Fourth Amendment under Mapp v. Ohio.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Euel A. Screws, Jr.

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Teddy W. Airhart, Jr.

Justices for the Court
William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark (writing for the Court), Arthur Goldberg, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
7 June 1965

Decision
In the Constitution there are no circumstances that require retroactive implementation of the exclusionary...