Wolf V. Colorado
- 1. Students: Savannah Jordan, Dylan Schmid, and Zack Stevenson Teacher: Mrs. Washington 3rd Period Government January 31, 2013
- 3. Court Members Chief Justice: Fred M. Vinson Associate Justices: Hugo Black, Stanley F. Reed, Felix Frankfuiter, William O. Douglas, Frank Murphy, Robert H. Jackson, Wiley B. Rutle, and Harold H. Burton
- 4. What cause the case? Gertrude Martin revealed that she had a illegal abortion, done by Dr. Julius A. Wolf, in a back-alley abortion clinic. Police entered Wolf’s office and illegally seized a list of women without a warrant. He was then found guilty and took the trial to the Supreme Court for the police using illegally obtained evidence.
- 5. Main Decision One of the main questions about this case was whether state had to follow the rules about illegal search and seizures set forth by the fourth and fourteenth amendments.
- 6. Writing dissent Writing dissenting opinions (an opinion in a legal case written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which rise to its judgment) (A dissenting opinion does not create a binding precedent nor does it become part of case law) were Stanley Reed, Robert H. Jackson, and Harold Hiltz Burton, Hugo Black wrote his own.
- 7. When did this happen? Itwas argued October 19, 1948. The outcome was decided June 27, 1949. Mapp V. Ohio over ruled the case 12 years later(1961).
- 8. What was the outcome? Thecourt decided to take Colorado’s side. The court said that the 14th amendment says they could do it, now. Colorado won the case 6-3 over Wolf.
- 9. Opinions Savannah- I think that under proper warranting, they should be able to search. I do believe that the police could have came about the problem different. Zack- The police shouldn’t have entered without a written warrant, I believe that since they ransacked his property that they should pay in full for damages caused by police brutality. I believed that Wolf should have won the case. Dylan- I believe that it was unfair to Wolf that he was tried and lost because of evidence that according to our constitution was illegally obtained. Wolf for the WIN!!!!!!