§ Arrest & Detention
Arrest & Detention: Case Law for Police
When a person is seized, stopped, or arrested: probable cause, reasonable suspicion, pursuits, and the moment a seizure occurs.
Cases in this topic
Probable Cause20
- Beck v. Ohio, 379 U.S. 89 (1964)
- County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 500 U.S. 44 (1991)
- Davis v. Mississippi, 394 U.S. 721 (1969)
- Dist. of Columbia v. Wesby, No. 15-1485 (2018)
- Dunaway v. New York, 442 U.S. 200 (1979)
- Glik v. Cunniffe, 655 F.3d 78 (2011)
- Hayes v. Florida, 470 U.S. 811 (1985)
- Kaupp v. Texas, 538 U.S. 626 (2003)
- Maresca v. Fuentes, No. 14-2163-2015
- Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366 (2003)
- Nieves v. Bartlett, No. 17-1174 (2019)
- Rawlings v. Kentucky, 448 U.S. 98 (1980)
- Stufflebeam v. Harris, No. 06-4046 (2008)
- U.S. v. Anchondo, 616 F.3d 1098 (2010)
- US v. Davis, 437 F. App'x 86 (2011)
- US v. Humphries, 372 F.3d 653 (2004)
- US v. Jackson, No. 19-1191 (2020)
- US v. Phillips, No. 14-14660 (2016)
- US v. Watson, 423 U.S. 411 (1976)
- Whiteley v. Warden, 401 U.S. 560 (1971)
Reasonable Suspicion8
- Alabama v. White, 496 U.S. 325 (1990)
- Brown v. Texas, 443 U.S. 47 (1979)
- Keller v. Fleming, No. 18-60081 (2019)
- US v. Arvizu, 534 U.S. 266 (2002)
- US v. Cortez, 449 U.S. 411 (1981)
- US v. Hensley, 469 U.S. 221 (1985)
- US v. Jones, No. 09-6549 (2012)
- US v. Montoya De Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531 (1985)
Pursuits & Seizure7
- Brower v. inyo County, 489 U.S. 593 (1989)
- California v. Hodari, 499 U.S. 621 (1991)
- County of Sacramento v. Lewis, 523 U.S. 833 (1998)
- Florida v. Bostick, 501 U.S. 429 (1991)
- Hensley v. Gassman, (2012)
- Torres v. Madrid, 592 U.S. 306 (2021)
- US v. Jackson, 135 F.4th 257 (2025)