Arkansas v. Sanders, No. 77-1479 (U.S. Supreme Court) (442 U.S. 753; 99 S.Ct. 2586) (June 20, 1979) (Justice Powell)
In this case, the Court established the "single-purpose container" exception to the warrant requirement - a concept that was later elaborated on in Robbins v. California, 453 U.S. 420 (1981). The precise issue before the Court was "whether, in the absence of exigent circumstances, police are required to obtain a ...
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