Legal Opinion
Michigan v. DeFillippo
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1979No. 77-1680PublishedCited by 1,528 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
The question presented by this case is whether an arrest made in good-faith reliance on an ordinance, which at the time had not been declared unconstitutional, is valid regardless of a subsequent judicial determination of its unconstitutionality.
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At approximately 10 p. m. on September 14, 1976, Detroit police officers on duty in a patrol car received a radio call to investigate two persons reportedly appearing to be intoxicated in an alley. When they arrived at the alley, they found respondent and a young woman. The woman was in the process of lowering her slacks. One of the officers asked…
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