§ Search & Seizure ▸ Vehicle Searches
Vehicle Searches
When can you search a car, and how far can you go? These are the decisions that draw the lines, from the automobile exception to search incident to arrest.
Cases
- Almeida-Sanchez v. US, 413 U.S. 266 (1973)
- Arizona v. Gant, 556 U.S. 332 (2009)
- Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160 (1949)
- Byrd v. US, No. 16-1371 (2018)
- Cady v. Dombrowski, 413 U.S. 433 (1973)
- California v. Acevedo, 500 U.S. 565 (1991)
- California v. Carney, 471 U.S. 386 (1985)
- Cardwell v. Lewis, 417 U.S. 583 (1974)
- Carroll v. U.S., 267 U.S. 132 (1925)
- Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42 (1970)
- Colorado v. Bertine, 479 U.S. 367 (1987)
- Cooper v. California, 386 U.S. 58 (1967)
- El Pueblo v. Apolinar Rondón, 2025 TSPR 113 (2025)
- Florida v. Meyers, 466 U.S. 380 (1984)
- Fred Watson v. Eddie Boyd, III, 119 F.4th 539 (2024)
- Gonzalez v. State, 319 Ga. 787 (2024)
- Knowles v. Iowa, 525 U.S. 113 (1998)
- Marques Johnson v. James Dunn, 91 F.4th 1114 (2024)
- Michael Mockeridge v. Harry Harvey
- Michigan v. Thomas, 458 U.S. 259 (1982)
- New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454 (1981)
- New York v. Class, 475 U.S. 106 (1986)
- Pennsylvania v. Labron, 518 U.S. 938 (1996)
- People of Guam v. Joseph Quichocho Taimanglo II (aka Joseph Quichocho Taimanglo; aka Baby Joe; aka Joseph Quintanilla Taimanglo II), 2025 Guam 7 (2025)
- People v Serges
- Rakas v. Illinois, 439 U.S. 128 (1978)
- Samuel Scott, Jr. v. City of Miami, 139 F.4th 1267 (2025)
- Soukaneh v. Andrzejewski, 112 F.4th 107 (2024)
- South Dakota v. Opperman, 428 U.S. 364 (1976)
- State of Iowa v. Patrick Scullark
- State of Minnesota v. Raenard Romalle Douglas
- State of West Virginia v. Roderick Levi Howard
- State v. Edwards, 2024 S.D. 62 (2024)
- State v. Hale, 249 N.E.3d 166 (2024)
- State v. Shawn M. Fenimore
- Taylor v. Saginaw, No. 17-2126 (2019)
- Terry Dukes, Sr. v. Chase Gregory
- Texas v. White, 423 U.S. 67 (1975)
- Thompson v. Wilson
- Thornton v. U.S., 541 U.S. 615 (2004)
- U.S. v. Mercado, 307 F.3d 1226 (2002)
- United States v. Donald R. Felton
- United States v. Dylan Ostrum, 99 F.4th 999 (2024)
- United States v. Edwards, 632 F.3d 633 (2001)
- United States v. Edwin Santiago, 139 F.4th 570 (2025)
- United States v. Gilberto Morales
- United States v. Harry, 130 F.4th 342 (2025)
- United States v. Hay, 95 F.4th 1304 (2024)
- United States v. Howald, 104 F.4th 732 (2024)
- United States v. Jaavaid Alan McCarley-Connin
- United States v. Johns, 469 U.S. 478 (1985)
- United States v. Jonathan Zelaya-Veliz
- United States v. Jose Molina-Veliz
- United States v. Leonard Tate, 139 F.4th 678 (2025)
- United States v. Luis Gonzales
- United States v. Marcos Mendez
- United States v. Michael Davis, 119 F.4th 500 (2024)
- United States v. Milton Allen
- United States v. Moises Zelaya-Veliz, 94 F.4th 321 (2024)
- United States v. Perez, 89 F.4th 247 (2023)
- United States v. Pinder, 121 F.4th 1367 (2024)
- United States v. Prentiss Jackson, 103 F.4th 483 (2024)
- United States v. Quentin Horsley, 105 F.4th 193 (2024)
- United States v. Ramos, 88 F.4th 862 (2023)
- United States v. Rayford Evans
- United States v. Ross, 456 U.S. 798 (1982)
- United States v. Santos Castro
- United States v. Steven Duarte, 101 F.4th 657 (2024)
- US v. Burrow, 396 F. Supp. 890 (1975)
- US v. Covarrubias, No. 16-3402 (2017)
- US v. Flores-Montano, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 1196 (2004)
- US v. Lewis, 869 F.3d 460 (2017)
- US v. Malik, No. 19-10166 (2020)
- US v. Ngumezi, No. 19-10243 (2020)
- US v. Palmer, 360 F.3d 1243 (2004)
- US v. Petty, 367 F.3d 1009 (2004)
- US v. Pina, No. 15-13542 (2016)
- US v. Ragsdale, 426 F.3d 765 (2005)
- US v. Roe, 42 F.4th 1175 (2022)
- US v. Sanchez, No. 17-4000 (1987)
- US v. Vaughan, (1973)
- Wyoming v. Houghton, 526 U.S. 295 (1999)