Unique ruling authority

Riley v. California

573 U.S. 373 · U.S. Supreme Court

Stable case ID: case:riley-california-2014
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision date: 2014
Authority level: U.S. Supreme Court
Precedential status: precedential
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Holding and boundaries

Police generally must obtain a warrant before searching digital information on a cell phone seized incident to arrest.

Scope and limitations: Does not preclude exigent-circumstances searches or resolve every digital-search context.

Open authoritative source

0 issue placements

Publication and provenance

The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.