Pennsylvania v. Edwin Labron

Decided July 1, 1996. The Court ruled per curiam — an unsigned opinion of the Court.

Docket 95-1691 · 518 U.S. 938 (1996) · Cited 668 times

Holding

The judgment is affirmed, and the case is remanded.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Michigan v. Long · 463 U.S. 1032 (1983)
• California v. Carney · 471 U.S. 386 (1985)
• Chambers v. Maroney · 399 U.S. 42 (1970)
• Delaware v. Van Arsdall · 475 U.S. 673 (1986)
• Ponte v. Real · 471 U.S. 491 (1985)
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
• Carroll v. United States · 267 U.S. 132 (1925)
• New York v. Belton · 453 U.S. 454 (1981)
• Harris v. Reed · 489 U.S. 255 (1989)
• Montana v. Hall · 481 U.S. 400 (1987)
• Illinois v. Rodriguez · 497 U.S. 177 (1990)
• Michigan v. Chesternut · 486 U.S. 567 (1988)
• Kentucky v. Stincer · 482 U.S. 730 (1987)
• Maryland v. Garrison · 480 U.S. 79 (1987)
• Pennsylvania v. Muniz · 496 U.S. 582 (1990)
• Arizona v. Evans · 514 U.S. 1 (1995)
• Florida v. Riley · 488 U.S. 445 (1989)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Collins v. Virginia · 584 U.S. 586 (2018)
• Maryland v. Dyson · 527 U.S. 465 (1999)
• Florida v. Powell · 559 U.S. 50 (2010)
• Illinois v. McArthur · 531 U.S. 326 (2001)
• Florida v. White · 526 U.S. 559 (1999)

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