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· 9/1/1982

United States v. John H. Regan

Citations

  • 687 F.2d 531
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 25959

How courts have described this case

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

  • no seizure where police “did not order him to stop” and “did not block his path,” but only asked to speak with him
  • “[s]uspects may be stopped and their bags briefly detained on the basis of reasonable suspicion”
  • 22-hour detention of suspect’s bag on evidence “below the threshold of probable cause” violated the Fourth Amendment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Fairchild, Campbell, Bownes

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