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- authority type
- case
- jurisdiction
- federal_nationwide
- publication status
- published_united_states_reports
- precedential status
- binding
- decision or issuance date
- 1984-07-05
- subsequent history
- Official source reviewed through 2026-08-25.
- negative treatment status
- Official primary sources checked through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
- material limitations
- Use only for the bounded propositions and limitations stated in the linked canonical modules.
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Linked modules
United States v. Leon
Holding used
Deterrence basis of the exclusionary rule and objective-reliance exception for a later-invalidated warrant, with the opinion's four principal limits.
Material limitation
Later cases refine deterrence and other warrant or nonwarrant contexts; the actual affidavit and officer conduct control.
Official source and pinpoints
468 U.S. 897, 906–13, 922–23 (1984): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-468/pdf/USREPORTS-468-897.pdf