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· 4/16/2015

Family Service Ass'n Ex Rel. Coil v. Wells Township

Citations

  • 783 F.3d 600
  • 2015 FED App. 0069P
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 6174
  • 2015 WL 1726571

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that officers may request identification if relevant to purpose of Terry stop
  • explaining that officers may request identification if relevant to purpose of Terry stop
  • \Refusing to answer an officer's questions during an officer's attempt to conduct a consensual encounter does not create reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop.\
  • “Refusing to answer an officer’s questions during an officer’s attempt to conduct a consensual encounter does not create reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop.”
  • finding no reasonable suspicion despite individuals’ “late-night presence in a high-crime area,” and “the absence of a nearby car or any open store or business that might explain the men's presence”
  • no reasonable suspicion when officers observed a pedestrian walk on the side of the road late at night in high-crime area, initially refuse to provide the police officer with his identity, and then walk away

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Judges: Norris, Sutton, Donald

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