Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57 (1924), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which established the open-fields doctrine.Hester v. United States, 265 U.S. 57-59 (1924). 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."Hester, 265 U.S. at 59.
See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 265 Katz v. United States (1967) Oliver v. United States (1984) Open fields doctrine
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