Legal Opinion
Floyd v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 16, 2012No. 08 Civ. 1034(SAS)PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Police officers are permitted to briefly stop any individual, but only upon reasonable suspicion that he is committing a crime.1 The source of that limitation is the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees that “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.” The Supreme Court has explained that this “inestimable right of personal security belongs as much to the citizen on the streets of our…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Floyd v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2013
- Floyd v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2012
- Ligon v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2013
- Tardif v. City of N.Y.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 2018
- Floyd v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2014
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