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Legal Citation: 415 U.S. 164 (1974)

Petitioner
United States

Respondent
William Matlock

Petitioner's Claim
That out-of-court statements should not have been excluded from evidence at a suppression hearing and that a third party who had common authority over a premises may give permission for a search.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Wallace, U.S. Deputy Solicitor General

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Donald S. Eisenberg

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White (writing for the Court)

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
20 February 1974

Decision
A third party with control over a...