Opinion

Smith v. United States Merit Systems Protection Board

  • 484 U.S. 965
  • 56 U.S.L.W. 3383
  • 108 S. Ct. 456
  • 98 L. Ed. 2d 396
  • 1987 U.S. LEXIS 4951
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Nov 30, 1987
Status
Published
Cited by
70 cases
Authority
More cited than 94.9%

finding that a call made by a dispatcher suggests the existence of reasonable suspicion, and finding that a police officer is not constitutionally required to be "certain" that a crime has occurred when he makes a stop

How later courts described this case

  • finding that a call made by a dispatcher suggests the existence of reasonable suspicion, and finding that a police officer is not constitutionally required to be "certain" that a crime has occurred when he makes a stop
  • finding that call by dispatcher suggests existence of reasonable suspicion, and finding that police officer is not constitutionally required to be "certain" that a crime has occurred when he makes a stop
  • noting that “the drawing of weapons will sometimes be a reasonable precaution for the protection of officers and bystanders”
  • stating that a brief but complete restriction of liberty is valid under Terry

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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