Legal Opinion
Washington v. Lambert
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1996No. 94-56685PublishedCited by 210 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
“The security of one’s privacy against arbitrary intrusion by the police — which is at the core of the Fourth Amendment — is basic to a free society.”
Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25, 27, 69 S.Ct. 1359 [1361], 93 L.Ed. 1782 (1949).
In this case we apply the Fourth Amendment’s promise of security in one’s being to what is, unfortunately, an all too familiar set of circumstances- — an intrusive law enforcement stop and seizure of innocent persons on the basis of suspicions rooted principally in the race of “the suspects.”1 On June 25, *11831991, several Santa Monica police…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. Winston Bryant McConneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by210 opinions
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