82 Cited authorities

  1. Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs. (TOC), Inc.

    528 U.S. 167 (2000)   Cited 7,153 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiffs who curtailed their recreational activities on a river due to reasonable concerns about the effect of pollutant discharges into that river had standing
  2. Terry v. Ohio

    392 U.S. 1 (1968)   Cited 38,178 times   73 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a police officer who has reasonable suspicion of criminal activity may conduct a brief investigative stop
  3. Fed. Deposit Ins. v. Meyer

    510 U.S. 471 (1994)   Cited 7,007 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding a Bivens claim does not lie against federal agencies because, if damages claims were permitted against federal agencies, "there would be no reason for aggrieved parties to bring damages actions against individual officers" and thus "the deterrent effects of the Bivens remedy would be lost"
  4. Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents

    403 U.S. 388 (1971)   Cited 25,852 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding that there is an implied cause of action for money damages against federal officials for violations of the Fourth Amendment
  5. Rizzo v. Goode

    423 U.S. 362 (1976)   Cited 13,297 times
    Holding that plaintiffs lacked standing to obtain injunctive relief against senior police officials to impose tighter police discipline to prevent harm to civilians
  6. Los Angeles v. Lyons

    461 U.S. 95 (1983)   Cited 7,506 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding there is no justiciable controversy where plaintiff had once been subjected to a chokehold
  7. Schneckloth v. Bustamonte

    412 U.S. 218 (1973)   Cited 11,972 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding the State need not prove knowing-and-deliberate consent to search
  8. Payton v. New York

    445 U.S. 573 (1980)   Cited 7,629 times   33 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a New York statute "authoriz[ing] police officers to enter a private residence without a warrant and with force, if necessary, to make a routine felony arrest" was "not consistent with the Fourth Amendment"
  9. United States v. Mendenhall

    446 U.S. 544 (1980)   Cited 6,280 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that knowledge of a right to refuse is "highly relevant to the determination that there had been consent"
  10. Maryland v. Buie

    494 U.S. 325 (1990)   Cited 2,355 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, incident to arrest, an officer may conduct a limited protective sweep of those areas of a house in which he reasonably suspects a dangerous person may be hiding
  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 345,981 times   922 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Section 1357 - Powers of immigration officers and employees

    8 U.S.C. § 1357   Cited 658 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Granting immigration enforcement authority to state or local government officials in a formal agreement with a state or local government.
  13. Section 287.8 - Standards for enforcement activities

    8 C.F.R. § 287.8   Cited 112 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Limiting use of deadly force