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Abel, Alias Mark, Alias Collins, Alias Goldfus, v. United States

362 U.S. 217 · No. 2 · 1959 term · Warren Court

Decided Mar 28, 1960 · argued Feb 24, 1959, reargued Nov 9, 1959

Criminal procedure · Search and seizure

Majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

The voteMajorityDissent

5–45 in the majority, 4 in dissent

4 dissents (5–4)

Affirmed. Abel, Alias Mark, Alias Collins, Alias Goldfus, lost.

What this ruling means

Affirmed: the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, so it stands (sometimes with changes the Court made to it).

Abel, Alias Mark, Alias Collins, Alias Goldfus, was the petitioner, the side that asked the Supreme Court to review the case. “Lost” means the Court did not give that side the result it asked for.

From the Supreme Court Database. A justice who agreed with the result but not the reasoning counts in the majority.

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Summary

The opening of the case’s Wikipedia article: what the case was about and what the Court held.

Abel v. United States, 362 U.S. 217 (1960), was a United States Supreme Court case.

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Data notes

The text is Wikipedia’s (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to the case by its citation, docket number or name and year, and is not checked against the opinion. The site keeps the article’s opening section, ending on its last full sentence. The one-sentence summary under the title is the Decisions list’s: Wikipedia’s own ruling sentence, or, tagged “AI-written”, one Claude wrote from this opening.

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How the justices voted

Each justice who took part, placed by their Martin–Quinn ideology score for the 1959 term. Filled: the 5 in the majority. Hollow: the 4 in dissent. Colour is the party of the president who appointed them.

More liberalMore conservativeMedianDouglasBlackWarrenBrennanClarkStewartWhittakerHarlanFrankfurter

Majority(5)

Dissent(4)

Data notes

Each justice’s vote and what they wrote are from the justice-centered file of the Supreme Court Database. “Wrote a concurrence” means the justice sided with the majority and wrote separately; a justice who dissented in part is counted on the side they took overall. A justice who wrote nothing is listed as joining their side.

Positions are each justice’s Martin–Quinn score for the case’s term, the same scores as the Ideology page: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. A score sums up a justice’s votes across the whole term, so it says where they usually sit, not why they voted as they did here. The median line is the Court’s median justice that term.

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The parties

Who brought the case to the Court, who answered it, and how it got there.

Petitioner
Abel, Alias Mark, Alias Collins, Alias Goldfus,Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent
United StatesUnited States
Reached the Court by
Certiorari (the Court chose to hear it)
Data notes

The names are the two sides of the case’s title. The description under each is the Supreme Court Database’s category for that party, in its own wording. The petitioner is the side that asked the Supreme Court to review the decision below. “Why it was taken” appears only when the majority opinion says lower courts disagreed or were unsure about the question; reasons that would fit any case (“to resolve the question presented”, “an important question”) are left out.

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The law at issue

The law the Court was asked to apply, and the kind of power it used to decide.

Provision
Fourth Amendment
Kind of law
Constitutional Amendment
Decided by
Judicial review (national level)
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Timeline

What happened at the Court and how the case got there, newest first.

  1. Mar 28, 1960DecidedDecided · Decided 5–4: affirmed. Abel, Alias Mark, Alias Collins, Alias Goldfus, lost.
  2. Nov 9, 1959RearguedReargued · The Court heard the case argued a second time.
  3. Feb 24, 1959ArguedArgued · Oral argument before the Court.
  4. Not datedTaken upTaken up · The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case (certiorari).
  5. Not datedCourt belowCourt below · Decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit: affirmed.
  6. Not datedBeganBegan · The case began in the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.
Data notes

From the Supreme Court Database: the court the case began in, the court whose decision the Supreme Court reviewed and what that court did, how the case came to the Court, and the dates of argument and decision. The database does not date the steps in the lower courts. Court names are the database’s.

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  165. Mancusi, Warden v. DeforteLandmark · Fourth Amendment rights392 U.S. 364Jun 17, 1968 · 392 U.S. 364Criminal procedure6–36–3 band

  166. Sibron v. New York392 U.S. 40Jun 10, 1968 · 392 U.S. 40Criminal procedure8–18–1 band
  167. Terry v. OhioLandmark · Fourth Amendment rights392 U.S. 1Jun 10, 1968 · 392 U.S. 1Criminal procedure8–18–1 band

  168. Sabbath v. United States391 U.S. 585Jun 3, 1968 · 391 U.S. 585Criminal procedure8–18–1 band
  169. Massachusetts v. Painten389 U.S. 560Jan 15, 1968 · 389 U.S. 560Criminal procedure6–36–3 band
  170. Katz v. United StatesLandmark · Fourth Amendment rights389 U.S. 347Dec 18, 1967 · 389 U.S. 347Criminal procedure7–18–1 band

  171. Berger v. New York388 U.S. 41Jun 12, 1967 · 388 U.S. 41Criminal procedure6–36–3 band

  172. See v. City of Seattle387 U.S. 541Jun 5, 1967 · 387 U.S. 541Criminal procedure6–36–3 band

  173. Camara v. Municipal Court of the City and County of San Francisco387 U.S. 523Jun 5, 1967 · 387 U.S. 523Criminal procedure6–36–3 band

  174. McCray v. Illinois386 U.S. 300Mar 20, 1967 · 386 U.S. 300Criminal procedure5–45–4 band
  175. Osborn v. United States385 U.S. 323Dec 12, 1966 · 385 U.S. 323Criminal procedure7–18–1 band
  176. Hoffa v. United States385 U.S. 293Dec 12, 1966 · 385 U.S. 293Criminal procedure4–36–3 band
  177. Lewis v. United States385 U.S. 206Dec 12, 1966 · 385 U.S. 206Criminal procedure8–18–1 band

  178. United States v. Ventresca380 U.S. 102Mar 1, 1965 · 380 U.S. 102Criminal procedure7–27–2 band
  179. Stanford v. Texas379 U.S. 476Jan 18, 1965 · 379 U.S. 476Criminal procedure9–0Unanimous band

  180. Beck v. Ohio379 U.S. 89Nov 23, 1964 · 379 U.S. 89Criminal procedure6–36–3 band

  181. Aguilar v. Texas378 U.S. 108Jun 15, 1964 · 378 U.S. 108Criminal procedure6–36–3 band

  182. Clinton v. Virginia377 U.S. 158May 4, 1964 · 377 U.S. 158Criminal procedure8–18–1 band
  183. Rugendorf v. United States376 U.S. 528Mar 30, 1964 · 376 U.S. 528Criminal procedure5–45–4 band
  184. Stoner v. California376 U.S. 483Mar 23, 1964 · 376 U.S. 483Criminal procedure8–18–1 band

  185. Ker et ux. v. California374 U.S. 23Jun 10, 1963 · 374 U.S. 23Criminal procedure9–0Unanimous band

  186. Wong Sun et al. v. United States371 U.S. 471Jan 14, 1963 · 371 U.S. 471Criminal procedure5–45–4 band

  187. Marcus et al. v. Search Warrant of Property at 104 East Tenth Street, Kansas City, Missouri, et al.367 U.S. 717Jun 19, 1961 · 367 U.S. 717Criminal procedure9–0Unanimous band

  188. Mapp v. OhioLandmark · Fourth Amendment rights367 U.S. 643Jun 19, 1961 · 367 U.S. 643Criminal procedure6–36–3 band

  189. Chapman v. United States365 U.S. 610Apr 3, 1961 · 365 U.S. 610Criminal procedure8–18–1 band
  190. Silverman et al. v. United States365 U.S. 505Mar 6, 1961 · 365 U.S. 505Criminal procedure9–0Unanimous band

  191. Pugach v. Dollinger, District Attorney of Bronx County, et al.365 U.S. 458Feb 27, 1961 · 365 U.S. 458Criminal procedure7–27–2 band
  192. Wilson v. Schnettler et al.365 U.S. 381Feb 27, 1961 · 365 U.S. 381Criminal procedure6–36–3 band
  193. Ohio ex rel. Eaton v. Price, Chief of Police364 U.S. 263Jun 27, 1960 · 364 U.S. 263Criminal procedure4–45–4 band
  194. Elkins et al. v. United States364 U.S. 206Jun 27, 1960 · 364 U.S. 206Criminal procedure5–45–4 band

  195. Jones v. United States362 U.S. 257Mar 28, 1960 · 362 U.S. 257Criminal procedure8–18–1 band
  196. Henry v. United States361 U.S. 98Nov 23, 1959 · 361 U.S. 98Criminal procedure7–27–2 band
  197. Frank v. Maryland359 U.S. 360May 4, 1959 · 359 U.S. 360Criminal procedure5–45–4 band

  198. Draper v. United States358 U.S. 307Jan 26, 1959 · 358 U.S. 307Criminal procedure6–18–1 band
  199. Jones v. United States357 U.S. 493Jun 30, 1958 · 357 U.S. 493Criminal procedure7–27–2 band
  200. Giordenello v. United States357 U.S. 480Jun 30, 1958 · 357 U.S. 480Criminal procedure6–36–3 band
  201. Miller v. United StatesLandmark357 U.S. 301Jun 23, 1958 · 357 U.S. 301Criminal procedure7–27–2 band

  202. Rathbun v. United States355 U.S. 107Dec 9, 1957 · 355 U.S. 107Criminal procedure7–27–2 band
  203. Benanti v. United States355 U.S. 96Dec 9, 1957 · 355 U.S. 96Criminal procedure9–0Unanimous band
  204. Kremen et al. v. United States353 U.S. 346May 13, 1957 · 353 U.S. 346Criminal procedure6–27–2 band
  205. Breithaupt v. Abram, Warden352 U.S. 432Feb 25, 1957 · 352 U.S. 432Criminal procedure6–36–3 band

  206. Irvine v. California347 U.S. 128Feb 8, 1954 · 347 U.S. 128Criminal procedure5–45–4 band
  207. Walder v. United States347 U.S. 62Feb 1, 1954 · 347 U.S. 62Criminal procedure7–27–2 band
  208. Salsburg v. Maryland346 U.S. 545Jan 11, 1954 · 346 U.S. 545Criminal procedure7–18–1 band
  209. On Lee v. United States343 U.S. 747Jun 2, 1952 · 343 U.S. 747Criminal procedure5–45–4 band
  210. United States v. Jeffers342 U.S. 48Nov 13, 1951 · 342 U.S. 48Criminal procedure6–27–2 band
  211. United States v. Rabinowitz339 U.S. 56Feb 20, 1950 · 339 U.S. 56Criminal procedure5–36–3 band

  212. District of Columbia v. Little339 U.S. 1Feb 20, 1950 · 339 U.S. 1Criminal procedure6–27–2 band
  213. Lustig v. United States338 U.S. 74Jun 27, 1949 · 338 U.S. 74Criminal procedure5–45–4 band
  214. Wolf v. Colorado338 U.S. 25Jun 27, 1949 · 338 U.S. 25Criminal procedure6–36–3 band

  215. United States v. Wallace & Tiernan Co. et al.336 U.S. 793May 2, 1949 · 336 U.S. 793Criminal procedure9–0Unanimous band
  216. McDONALD et al. v. United States335 U.S. 451Dec 13, 1948 · 335 U.S. 451Criminal procedure6–36–3 band
  217. Trupiano et al. v. United States334 U.S. 699Jun 14, 1948 · 334 U.S. 699Criminal procedure5–45–4 band

  218. Johnson v. United States333 U.S. 10Feb 2, 1948 · 333 U.S. 10Criminal procedure5–45–4 band
  219. United States v. Di Re332 U.S. 581Jan 5, 1948 · 332 U.S. 581Criminal procedure7–27–2 band
  220. Harris v. United States331 U.S. 145May 5, 1947 · 331 U.S. 145Criminal procedure5–45–4 band
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