Andresen v. Maryland, 427 U.S. 463 (1976), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that search of petitioner's offices for business records, their seizure, and subsequent introduction into evidence did not offend the Fifth Amendment's

Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure. Its guarantees stem from English common law which traces back to the Magna Carta in 1215...

 proscription that “[n]o person … shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” Although the records seized contained statements that petitioner voluntarily had committed to writing, he was never required to say anything.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 427
• United States v. Miller, 425 U.S. 435 (1976)
• Fisher v. United States, 425 U.S. 391 (1976)