Prado Navarette v. California
Decided April 22, 2014. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 12-9490 · 572 U.S. 393 (2014) · Cited 1,110 times
Holding
The traffc stop complied with the Fourth Amendment because, under the totality of the circumstances, the offcer had reasonable suspicion that the truck's driver was intoxicated.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Clarence Thomas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Dissenting · 4
- Antonin Scalia · filed a dissenting opinion
- Elena Kagan
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Sonia Sotomayor
“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)
- Florida v. JL · 529 U.S. 266 (2000)
- Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
- United States v. Cortez · 449 U.S. 411 (1981)
- United States v. Arvizu · 534 U.S. 266 (2002)
- United States v. Hensley · 469 U.S. 221 (1985)
- Ornelas v. United States · 517 U.S. 690 (1996)
- Adams v. Williams · 407 U.S. 143 (1972)
- United States v. Sokolow · 490 U.S. 1 (1989)
- Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
- Whren v. United States · 517 U.S. 806 (1996)
- Spinelli v. United States · 393 U.S. 410 (1969)
- McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
- Florida v. J. L. · 529 U.S. 266 (2000)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Kansas v. Glover · 589 U.S. 376 (2020)
- Rodriguez v. United States · 575 U.S. 348 (2015)
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