# United States v. Biswell

> Supreme Court of the United States · May 15, 1972 · 406 U.S. 311

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9424871

## Case

- **Full name:** United States v. Biswell
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** May 15, 1972
- **Citations:** 406 U.S. 311; 92 S. Ct. 1593; 32 L. Ed. 2d 87; 1972 U.S. LEXIS 60
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Blacicmun
- **Judges:** Blacicmun, White, Burger, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist, Blackmun, Douglas
- **Cited by:** 791 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that there is no Fourth Amendment violation when a householder “acqui- esce[s]” to a search warrant because “there is lawful authority independent of the will of the householder who might, other things being equal, prefer no search at all”
- finding warrantless inspection of weapons dealers “crucial” to the regulatory scheme since it ensured “weapons [were] distributed through regular channels and in a traceable manner and ma[de] possible the prevention of sales to undesirable customers and the detection of the or…
- noting that “[w]hen a [firearms] dealer chooses to engage in this pervasively regulated business and to accept a federal license, he does so with the knowledge that his business records, firearms, and ammunition will be subject to effective inspection”
- holding that when a person engages in a “pervasively regulated business ... he does so with the knowledge that his business ... will be subject to effective inspection.”
- holding that when a person engages in a "pervasively regulated business... he does so with the knowledge that his business ... will be subject to effective inspection."

## Opinion text

Mr. Justice Blacicmun,
concurring in the result.
Had I been a member of the Court when Colonnade Catering Cory. v. United States, 397 U. S. 72 (1970), was decided, I would have joined the respective dissenting opinions of Mr. Justice Black and of The Chief Justice, 397 U. S., at 79 and 77. I therefore concur in the result here.

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