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Legal Citation: 445 U.S. 573 (1980)

Appellants
Theodore Payton, Obie Riddick

Appellee
State of New York

Appellants' Claim
That a New York statute authorizing police to enter a home without a warrant to make an arrest violates the Fourth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
William E. Hellerstein

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Peter L. Zimroth

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart

Justices Dissenting
Warren E. Burger, William H. Rehnquist, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
15 April 1980

Decision
That the Fourth Amendment prohibits police from making a warrantless entry into a person's home in order to make a...