Delaware v. Prouse, No. 77-1571 (U.S. Supreme Court) (440 U.S. 648; 99 S.Ct. 1391) (March 27, 1979) (Justice White)
Here the Court condemned as a violation of the Fourth Amendment suspicionless searches of automobiles based on a "standardless and unconstrained discretion" of the police that was unrelated to any reasonable suspicion.
In this case the Court made clear that the Fourth Amendment does not allow a random, discretionary automoblie ...
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