# Smith v. United States Merit Systems Protection Board

> Supreme Court of the United States · November 30, 1987 · 484 U.S. 965

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9067158

## Case

- **Full name:** Smith v. United States Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Personnel Management
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** November 30, 1987
- **Citations:** 484 U.S. 965; 56 U.S.L.W. 3383; 108 S. Ct. 456; 98 L. Ed. 2d 396; 1987 U.S. LEXIS 4951
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 70 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9067158

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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

## Opinion text

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