Who wrote the majority and dissenting opinion?

The majority decision was written by Justices Tom C. Clark, Earl Warren, William O. Douglas, Hugo Black, Potter Stewart and William Brennan. and the dissenting decision was written by Justices Felix Frankfurter, Charles E. Whittaker, and John Marshall Harlan.

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Works cited

“Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court.” Mapp v. Ohio | Www.streetlaw.org , landmarkcases.org/en/landmark/cases/mapp_v_ohio. “{{Meta.pageTitle}}.” {{Meta.siteName}} , www.oyez.org/cases/1960/236. Duignan, Brian. “Mapp v. Ohio.” Encyclopædia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 23 Mar. 2017, www.britannica.com/event/Mapp-v-Ohio.

What was the violated Amendment?

Dollree Mapps 4th amendment right, no unreasonable searches and seizures, was broken when the police entered her property without a warrant, because they thought she was harboring a bombing suspect.

Background of the case?

The case was held on June 19, 1961. Mapp was originally convicted of possessing obscene materials, she initially appealed to the supreme court to say that her first amendment right of freedom of speech was under attack by her prosecution.

SUPREME COURT CASE: MAPP V OHIO

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