City of Renton v. Maust

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[N]ervousness during a traffic stop contributes little, if any, weight toward reasonable suspicion that the driver is engaged in criminal activity.”
• fact that the defendant was nervous and evasive, considered in combination with other facts, did not give rise to reasonable suspicion
• facts that the defendant was nervous and was evasive about his intended destination, even considered in combination with other facts, did not give rise to reasonable suspicion
• “An officer cannot conclude that a driver is not carrying any luggage if the officer does not, or cannot, look into places in the driver’s vehicle that are likely to hold luggage.”
• “[A] person’s legal efforts to avoid being stopped or questioned by the police * * * con- tribute[s] little, if anything, toward a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.”
• “An officer cannot conclude that a driver is not carrying any luggage if the officer does not, or cannot, look into places in the driver’s vehicle that are likely to hold luggage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).