Boyd v. United States
| Boyd v. United States | |
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| Argued December 11–14, 1885 Decided February 1, 1886 | |
| Full case name | Boyd and others, Claimants, etc. v. United States |
| Citations | 116 U.S. 616 (more) 6 S. Ct. 524; 29 L. Ed. 746 |
| Holding | |
| A search and seizure is equivalent to a compulsory production of a man's private papers. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Bradley, joined by Field, Harlan, Woods, Matthews, Gray, Blatchford |
| Concurrence | Miller, joined by Waite |
Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616 (1886) was a decision by the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that "a search and seizure [was] equivalent [to] a compulsory production of a man's private papers" and that the search was "an 'unreasonable search and seizure' within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment."