Bumper v. North Carolina

Bumper v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 24–25, 1968 Decided June 3, 1968
Full case name	Bumper v. North Carolina
Citations	391 U.S. 543 ( more ) 88 S. Ct. 1788; 20 L. Ed. 2d 797
Case history
Prior	State v. Bumpers, 270 N.C. 521, 155 S.E.2d 173 (1967); cert. granted, 389 U.S. 1034(1968).
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black  · William O. Douglas John M. Harlan II  · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart  · Byron White Abe Fortas  · Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
Majority	Stewart, joined by Warren, Brennan, Fortas, Marshall (in full); Douglas, Harlan (Part II)
Concurrence	Douglas
Concurrence	Harlan
Dissent	Black
Dissent	White
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Bumper v. North Carolina, 391 U.S. 543 (1968), was a U.S. Supreme Court case in which a search was struck down as illegal because the police falsely claimed they had a search warrant. ^[1] This was tantamount to telling the subject that she had no choice but to consent. ^[2] Justice Potter Stewart delivered the decision for the 7-2 majority. ^[3]

References

1. Bumper v. North Carolina, 391 U.S. 543 (1968).
2. Digital CP Search and Seizure Issues: Consent Archived September 15, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Bumper v. North Carolina". Oyez. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

External links

• Works related to Bumper v. North Carolina at Wikisource
• Text of Bumper v. North Carolina, 391 U.S. 543(1968) is available from: Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)