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Legal Citation: 520 U.S. 385 (1997)

Petitioner
Steiney Richards

Respondent
State of Wisconsin

Petitioner's Claim
That police violated his Fourth Amendment rights by using deception and force to enter his hotel room on a drug-related case.

Chief Lawyers for Petitioner
Henry Schultz, David Karpe, John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Chief Lawyers for Respondent
James E. Doyle, Stephen W. Kleinmaier

Justices for the Court
Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens (writing for the Court), Clarence Thomas

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
28 April 1997

Decision
That the evidence in this case established the reasonableness of the...