Florida v. J. L.
Decided March 28, 2000. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 98-1993 · 529 U.S. 266 (2000) · Cited 1,350 times
Holding
An anonymous tip that a person is carrying a gun is not, without more, sufficient to justify a police officer's stop and frisk of that person.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 7
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Antonin Scalia
- Clarence Thomas
- David Hackett Souter
- John Paul Stevens
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Concurring · 2
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · filed a concurring opinion
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Alabama v. White · 496 U.S. 325 (1990)
- Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
- Adams v. Williams · 407 U.S. 143 (1972)
- New Jersey v. T. L. O. · 469 U.S. 325 (1985)
- Richards v. Wisconsin · 520 U.S. 385 (1997)
- Florida v. Rodriguez · 469 U.S. 1 (1984)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Prado Navarette v. California · 572 U.S. 393 (2014)
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