| Litigants: | Hester v. United States |
| Arguedate: | April 24 |
| Argueyear: | 1924 |
| Decidedate: | May 5 |
| Decideyear: | 1924 |
| Fullname: | Hester v. United States |
| Usvol: | 265 |
| Uspage: | 57 |
| Parallelcitations: | 44 S. Ct. 445; 68 L. Ed. 898; 1924 U.S. LEXIS 2577 |
| Holding: | "The special protection accorded by the Fourth Amendment to the people in their 'persons, houses, papers and effects', is not extended to the open fields." |
| Majority: | Holmes |
| Joinmajority: | unanimous |
Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which established the open-fields doctrine.[1] In an opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Court held that "the special protection accorded by the Fourth Amendment to the people in their 'persons, houses, papers and effects', is not extended to the open fields."[2]