Andresen v. Maryland

Andresen v. Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 25, 1976 Decided June 29, 1976
Full case name	Peter C. Andresen, Petitioner v. State of Maryland
Citations	427 U.S. 463 (more) 96 S.Ct. 2737; 49 L.Ed.2d 627
Argument	Oral argument
Prior history	Certiorari to the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Holding
The searches and seizures were not "unreasonable" in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell, Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Blackmun, joined by Burger, Stewart, White, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens
Dissent	Brennan
Dissent	Marshall
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Andresen v. Maryland, 427 U.S. 463 (1976), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that search of petitioner's offices for business records, their seizure, and subsequent introduction into evidence did not offend the Fifth Amendment's proscription that “[n]o person … shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” Although the records seized contained statements that petitioner voluntarily had committed to writing, he was never required to say anything.

See also

• United States v. Miller, 425 U.S. 435 (1976)
• Fisher v. United States, 425 U.S. 391 (1976)

Further reading

• Brennan, William J. (1977). "State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights". Harvard Law Review. The Harvard Law Review Association. 90 (3): 489–504. doi:10.2307/1340334. JSTOR 1340334.
• Lee, H. (1976). "Private Papers Now Subject to Reasonable Search and Seizure—Andresen v. Maryland". DePaul Law Review. 26: 848. ISSN 0011-7188.
• Pidgeon, Mary Ann Kenny (1978). "Miller, Fisher and Andresen: Assistance for Investigations of White Collar Crime". Criminal Justice Quarterly. 6: 38. ISSN 0092-3907.
• Posen, S. O. (1976). "A Paper Chase: The Search and Seizure of Personal Business Records". Brooklyn Law Review. 43: 489. ISSN 0007-2362.

External links

• Text of Andresen v. Maryland, 427 U.S. 463 (1976) is available from:  permanent dead link] Findlaw  Justia