Legal Opinion
Illinois v. Lidster
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 13, 2004No. 02-1060PublishedCited by 340 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
This Fourth Amendment case focuses upon a highway checkpoint where police stopped motorists to ask them for information about a recent hit-and-run accident. We hold that the police stops were reasonable, hence, constitutional.
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The relevant background is as follows: On Saturday, August 23,1997, just after midnight, an unknown motorist traveling eastbound on a highway in Lombard, Illinois, struck and killed a 70-year-old bicyclist. The motorist drove off without identifying himself. About one week later at about the same time of night and at about the same place, local police set up a highway…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. Martinez-FuerteSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by340 opinions
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- Al-Kidd v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. Shukri BakerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- United States v. Derrick L. FosterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
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