Legal Opinion
Bill Wilkinson and James Farrands v. Lester Forst, Donald Long, Austin McGuigan and the City of Meriden
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 9, 1987No. 352 Docket 86-7631PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAHONEY, Circuit Judge:
Defendants appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (José A. Cabranes, Judge) enjoining them from indiscriminately searching persons and automobiles at rallies held in the State of Connecticut by the Invisible Empire of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (“Klan”) in the absence of either (1) “specific and articulable” facts to support a reasonable belief that a particular individual poses a threat to public safety, Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 21, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 1879, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968), or (2) probable cause to believe…
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- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by30 opinions
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