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· 10/21/1994

Jacob Ikperha Orhorhaghe v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Citations

  • 38 F.3d 488
  • 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8004
  • 94 Daily Journal DAR 14858
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 29340
  • 1994 WL 576017

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that \a race-based investigatory stop constitute[s] an egregious violation\
  • following as persuasive authority a decision vacated by the Supreme Court as moot
  • identifying five objective factors that aid in determining whether a reasonable person would have felt “at liberty to ignore the police presence and go about his business”
  • following as persuasive authority a decision vacated by the Supreme Court as moot
  • “[A]llowing-INS agents to seize and interrogate an individual simply because of his foreign-sounding name or his foreign-looking appearance risks allowing race or national-origin to determine who will and who will not be investigated.”
  • finding both illegal seizure and involuntary consent independent grounds to exclude evidence

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Judges: Reinhardt, Leavy, McLaughlin

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