# Brown v. Hanks, Superintendent, Wabash Valley Correctional Facility

> Supreme Court of the United States · October 6, 2003 · 540 U.S. 851

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/131807

## Case

- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** October 6, 2003
- **Citations:** 540 U.S. 851; 72 U.S.L.W. 3238; 157 L. Ed. 2d 92; 124 S. Ct. 132; 2003 U.S. LEXIS 6648
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 20 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating: “Law enforcement officers do not violate the Fourth Amendment by merely approaching an individual on the street or in another public place, by asking him if he is willing to answer some questions, by putting questions to him if the person is willing to listen, or by o…

## Opinion text

540 U.S. 851
BROWN
v.
HANKS, SUPERINTENDENT, WABASH VALLEY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
No. 02-11041.
Supreme Court of United States.
October 6, 2003.
1
Appeal from the C. A. 7th Cir.
2
Certiorari denied.

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