Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States
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silverthorne-lumber-co-v-united-states-292-6786803
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Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States
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Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States, 251 U.S. 385 (1920), was a U.S. Supreme Court decision in which Silverthorne had attempted to evade paying taxes. Federal agents illegally seized tax books from Silverthorne and created copies of the records. The ruling, delivered by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., was that any evidence obtained, even indirectly, from an illegal search was inadmissible in court. He reasoned that otherwise, police would have an incentive to circumvent the Fourth Amendment to o
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1920 United States Supreme Court case
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2023-12-22T23:52:07Z
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