Pendergrass v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a pat-down is reasonable to \allow the officer to pursue his investigation without fear of violence\
• finding that suspicious behavior paired with a high crime area contributed to the officer’s fear for his safety
• finding that probable cause requires the probability of criminal activity, not evidence sufficient to prove every element of an offense
• explaining that information obtained from an informant who has been used before is stronger than an anonymous tip
• noting that identification of the informant increases the reliability of a tip
• “[T]he policeman making a reasonable investigatory stop should not be denied the opportunity to protect himself from attack by a hostile suspect.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).