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· 6/21/2004

Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cty.

Citations

  • 542 U.S. 177
  • 124 S. Ct. 2451
  • 159 L. Ed. 2d 292
  • 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4385
  • 17 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 406
  • 72 U.S.L.W. 4509

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding “questions concerning a suspect’s identity are a routine and accepted part of many Terry stops”
  • “Officers called to investigate domestic disputes need to know whom they are dealing with in order to assess the situation, the threat to then-own safety, and possible danger to the potential victim.”

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Judges: Kennedy, Stevens, Breyer

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