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Search and seizure (general): Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Search and seizure (general),” part of the Criminal Procedure area.

258decisions
73%favorable to the petitioner
23%unanimous
21altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1940s10
1950s24
1960s54
1970s44
1980s59
1990s16
2000s23
2010s21
2020s7

Most majority opinions

Legal provisions most often involved

Fourth Amendment205
Exclusionary rule (Fourth Amendment)16
Writ improvidently granted4
Communications Act of 19344
Federal crime control and firearms statutes2
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure2
Article III, Section 2, Paragraph 1 (case or controversy requirement)1
30 U.S.C. § 8131

All 258 decisions, newest first

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error