47 Cited authorities

  1. Whren v. United States

    517 U.S. 806 (1996)   Cited 8,590 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, upon observing traffic violation, officer may stop vehicle regardless of his subjective motivations, "as long as the circumstances, viewed objectively, justify that action"
  2. Terry v. Ohio

    392 U.S. 1 (1968)   Cited 38,128 times   73 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a police officer who has reasonable suspicion of criminal activity may conduct a brief investigative stop
  3. Devenpeck v. Alford

    543 U.S. 146 (2004)   Cited 2,893 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that probable cause need not be for an "offense actually invoked at the time of arrest"
  4. Horton v. California

    496 U.S. 128 (1990)   Cited 3,169 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding in the Fourth Amendment context that “evenhanded law enforcement is best achieved by the application of objective standards of conduct, rather than standards that depend upon the subjective state of mind of the officer”
  5. Chimel v. California

    395 U.S. 752 (1969)   Cited 5,658 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, absent a search warrant, there is "no . . . justification" for searching an area not within a suspect's immediate control during an arrest
  6. Brown v. Illinois

    422 U.S. 590 (1975)   Cited 3,981 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding statement was fruit of Fourth Amendment violation where police "illegality . . . had a quality of purposefulness" as "[t]he impropriety of the arrest was obvious" and detectives acknowledged "that the purpose of their action was 'for investigation' or for 'questioning'"
  7. Pennsylvania v. Mimms

    434 U.S. 106 (1977)   Cited 3,363 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that officer's practice of ordering occupants out of the car during all traffic stops was not a constitutional violation
  8. United States v. Robinson

    414 U.S. 218 (1973)   Cited 3,356 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that law enforcement officers are authorized to conduct a full search of every lawful custodial arrestee
  9. Rawlings v. Kentucky

    448 U.S. 98 (1980)   Cited 2,283 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant could not benefit from the unconstitutional search of another person's purse
  10. Sibron v. New York

    392 U.S. 40 (1968)   Cited 3,591 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that appeal from conviction after service of sentence not moot if there may be collateral consequences