United States v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
941 F.2d 1086 · 1991
Citation profile
49
cited by 49 later decisions
6
states following
January 2008
most recently cited
24 federal appellate · 6 district · 13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Delaware v. Prouse · United States v. Sokolow · Berkemer v. McCarty · United States v. Brignoni-Ponce
Most-quoted passages
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“We think that this type of questioning— about matters unrelated to the reason for the stop — would naturally engender fear and resentment in otherwise law-abiding citizens who expect to be detained briefly for the purpose of receiving a traffic citation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Id. at 1089. The court in Walker found that when an officer was apparently free to choose which individuals would be detained, the seizure more closely resembled the type of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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