Written Assigment Final Authority

Written Assigment Final Authority

Use Lexis.com and the Shepardize feature to list each stage in the case of State v. Opperman, 89 S.D. 25 (S.D. 1975). It was heard in trial court, then South Dakota Supreme Court, then U.S. Supreme Court, and finally back in South Dakota Supreme Court.

For each stage, list the court, the basic result (who won), and the citation. You may omit the citation for the trial court stage.

For the final stage in that case, State v. Opperman, 247 N.W.2d 673 (S.D. 1976),
summarize the ultimate result and reasoning in that case.

Summarize the result and reasoning from one case from another state that you find using the Shepardize tool in Opperman, and summarize an ALR article, or law review you find through Lexis.com.

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First Trial
The case of South Dakota State versus Donald Opperman was first presented to the Supreme Court of South Dakota by the state against Mr. Opperman. While conducting a routine highway patrol, the police found Opperman’s car left unattended at in an unauthorized area of the street. The car was impounded, and its owner asked to go back home until he could pay the fine and retrieve it. This offense led the police into more inspection, until they conducted an inventory search on Opperman’s car (James & Thomas, 2001).

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