Supreme Court· 5/15/1996

Whren v. United States

Citations

517 U.S. 806
116 S. Ct. 1769
135 L. Ed. 2d 89
1996 U.S. LEXIS 3720

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holding that the proper focus of Fourth Amendment inquiry is objective conduct, and not subjective intent, of police officer
holding that the proper focus of Fourth Amendment inquiry is objective conduct, and not subjective intent, of police officer
holding that “[sjubjective intent ... alone does not make otherwise lawful conduct illegal or unconstitutional”
holding that under the Fourth Amendment the motive of the officer when stopping a vehicle for a minor traffic infraction, whether subjective or objective, is completely irrelevant
holding that previous case law forecloses any argument that the reasonableness of a traffic stop depends upon the subjective intent of the individual officers
holding that reasonableness of a stop does not depend on the subjective motivations of the police officers

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Judges: Scalia

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