New York v. Class, No. 84-1181 (U.S. Supreme Court) (475 U.S. 106; 106 S.Ct. 960) (February 25, 1986) (Justice O'Connor)
The issue addressed by the Court in this case was "whether, in order to observe a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) generally visible from outside an automobile, a police officer may reach into the passenger compartment of a vehicle to move papers obscuring the VIN after its driver has been stopped ...
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