Byrd v. United States
| Byrd v. United States | |
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| Argued January 9, 2018 Decided May 14, 2018 | |
| Full case name | Terrence Byrd, Petitioner v. United States |
| Docket no. | 16-1371 |
| Citations | 584 U.S. 395 (more) 138 S. Ct. 1518; 200 L. Ed. 2d 805 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Affirmed, United States v. Byrd, 679 F. App'x 146 (3d Cir. 2017) Cert. granted, 138 S. Ct. 54 (2017). |
| Subsequent | Affirmed, United States v. Byrd (3d Cir. 2018). |
| Questions presented | |
| A police officer may not conduct a suspicionless and warrantless search of a car if the driver has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the car-i.e., an expectation of privacy that society accepts as reasonable. Does a driver have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a rental car when he has the renter's permission to drive the car but is not listed as an authorized driver on the rental agreement? | |
| Holding | |
| Drivers of rental cars have rights protecting them from unconstitutional searches by police, even if the drivers are not listed on the rental agreement. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Kennedy, joined by unanimous |
| Concurrence | Thomas, joined by Gorsuch |
| Concurrence | Alito |
Byrd v. United States, 584 U.S. 395 (2018), was a United States Supreme Court case that held that drivers of rental cars have rights protecting them from unconstitutional searches by police, even if the drivers are not listed on the rental agreement.