· 1/15/1986
Howard J. Brierley, and V-1 Oil Company v. F.J. Schoenfeld, Jr.
Citations
- 781 F.2d 838
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 21340
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that the officer, experienced in truck enforcement, had reasonable suspicion that the truck was overweight “based upon his observation of the squatty rear-axle tires”
- observing as a factor in the totality of the circumstances the officer’s experience that “about fifty percent of the trucks he had stopped with ‘squatty tires were overweight” under Utah law
- “The experience of the officer is a factor to be carefully considered in determining whether an investigatory stop is justified.”
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Judges: Barrett, Mewilliams, Anderson
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