In South Dakota v. Opperman (1976), SCOTUS held that the Vermillion, South Dakota, police department conducted reasonable Fourth Amendment searches when they used:

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In South Dakota v. Opperman (1976), the Supreme Court held that inventory searches by police departments, like the one conducted by the Vermillion, South Dakota, police, are considered reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. This decision recognized that inventory searches serve legitimate purposes, such as protecting an owner's property while it is in police custody, insuring against claims of lost, stolen, or vandalized property, and protecting the police from potential danger.

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