List of Terry stop case law

Main articles: Terry stop, Consent search, and Traffic stop

See also: Consent search case law

Warren Court (1953-1968)

• Mapp v. Ohio (1961) - pushed exclusionary rule down to states
• Terry v. Ohio (1968) - stop and frisk ok for officer safety
• Sibron v. New York (1968) - companion case to Terry
• Peters v. New York (1968) - companion case to Terry

Burger Court (1969-1986)

• Adams v. Williams (1972) - extended from violent crimes to drug possession
• United States v. Brignoni-Ponce (1975) - not ok for immigration to stop car based solely on "mexican appearance" of occupants
• United States v. Mendenhall (1980) - "free to leave"

United States v. Cortez (1981)

• Florida v. Royer (1983) - drug courier profile
• Michigan v. Long (1983) - passenger compartment of car
• I.N.S. v. Delgado (1984) - "free to continue working"

Rehnquist Court (1986-2005)

• Alabama v. White (1990) - anonymous tips with no indication of reliability of tip (also: Prado Navarette v. California)
• Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz (1990) - sobriety checkpoints
• Florida v. Bostick (1991) - "as long as police do not convey a message, etc"
• Minnesota v. Dickerson (1993) - plain view doctrine - incentive to frisk
• Whren v. United States (1996) - pretextual stop
• Maryland v. Wilson (1997) - applies to passengers of car
• Illinois v. Wardlow (2000) - inference of suspicion from flight (can be extended to any evasive movement)

Roberts Court (2005-present)

• Arizona v. Johnson (2009) - frisk passenger in lawfully stopped car

External links

Library of Congress - U.S. Reports - Supreme Court decisions:

"Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961)". "Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968)". "Sibron v. New York 392 U.S. 40 (1968)". "Adams v. Williams, 407 U.S. 143 (1972)". "United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873 (1975)". "United States v. Mendenhall, 446 U.S. 544 (1980)". "Florida v. Royer, 460 U.S. 491 (1983)". "Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032 (1983)".

"INS v. Delgado, 466 U.S. 210 (1984)". "Alabama v. White, 496 U.S. 325 (1990)". "Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444 (1990)". "Florida v. Bostick, 501 U.S. 429 (1991)". "Minnesota v. Dickerson, 508 U.S. 366 (1993)". "Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996)". "Maryland v. Wilson, 519 U.S. 408 (1997)". "Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119 (2000)".