Florida v. Wells, No. 88-1835 (U.S. Supreme Court) (495 U.S. 1; 110 S.Ct. 1632) (April 18, 1990) (Justice Rehnquist)
Here the Court held that standardized criteria must regulate the inventory procedures such as opening closed containers found during inventory searches; and that such searches must not be used as a ruse for a general rummaging.
In this case, the State of Florida sought review of a judgment of the ...
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