Opinion

Adams v. Buena Vista City School Board

  • 502 U.S. 881
  • 60 U.S.L.W. 3264
  • 112 S. Ct. 231
  • 116 L. Ed. 2d 187
  • 1991 U.S. LEXIS 4820
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Oct 7, 1991
Status
Published
Cited by
66 cases
Authority
More cited than 97.6%

question about drugs or weapons justified where the vehicle was not registered to defendant or his passenger, defendant appeared nervous, defendant did not appear to be in the condition of one who claimed to be an auto mechanic, and defendant’s attire and expensive compact disc collection were at odds with his asserted occupation

How later courts described this case

  • question about drugs or weapons justified where the vehicle was not registered to defendant or his passenger, defendant appeared nervous, defendant did not appear to be in the condition of one who claimed to be an auto mechanic, and defendant’s attire and expensive compact disc collection were at odds with his asserted occupation
  • officer asked about destination and driver’s occupation
  • car not registered to defendant or passenger
  • ear not registered to defendant or passenger

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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