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Hoffa v. United States  

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  • There have been two cases called Hoffa v. United States, one in 1966 and the other in 1967, each of which involved Jimmy Hoffa, the president of the International Teamsters Union, and a Fourth Amendment issue. The first case, found at 385 U.S. 293 (1966), involved whether governmental use of a paid informant had violated Hoffa's Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendment rights. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Hoffa v. United States (1966, 1967)]

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  • 1966
  • 1966, 1967
  • 1967

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