Heien v. North Carolina
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Heien v. North Carolina, 574 U.S. 54 (2014), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, ruling that a police officer's reasonable mistake of law can provide the individualized suspicion required by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution to justify a traffic stop. The Court delivered its ruling on December 15, 2014.
Quick Facts Heien v. North Carolina, Argued October 6, 2014 Decided December 15, 2014 ...
Heien v. North Carolina | |
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Argued October 6, 2014 Decided December 15, 2014 | |
Full case name | Nicholas Brady Heien v. North Carolina |
Docket no. | 13-604 |
Citations | 574 U.S. 54 (more) 135 S. Ct. 530; 190 L. Ed. 2d 475 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | On writ on certiorari to the North Carolina Supreme Court; State of North Carolina v. Nicholas Brady Heien, 749 S.E.2d 278 |
Holding | |
A police officer who stops a car based on a reasonable though mistaken understanding of the law does not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Roberts, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan |
Concurrence | Kagan, joined by Ginsburg |
Dissent | Sotomayor |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. IV |
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