Delaware v. Prouse

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued January 17, 1979
Decided March 27, 1979

Full case name

Delaware v. Prouse

Citations

Holding

Except where there is at least articulable and reasonable suspicion that a motorist is unlicensed or that an automobile is not registered, or that either the vehicle or an occupant is otherwise subject to seizure for violation of law, stopping an automobile and detaining the driver in order to check his driver's license and the registration of the automobile are unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment.

Court membership

Chief Justice Warren E. Burger

Associate Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell, Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens

Case opinions

Majority

White, joined by Burger, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens

Concurrence

Blackmun, joined by Powell

Dissent

Rehnquist

Laws applied

U.S. Const. amend. IV

Delaware v. Prouse, 440 U.S. 648 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that police may not stop motorists without any reasonable suspicion to suspect crime or illegal activity, to check their driver's license and auto registration.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Delaware v. Prouse (No. 77-1571)". Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
↑ Lively, DE & Weaver, RL (2006). Contemporary Supreme Court Cases: Landmark Decisions Since Roe V. Wade. US: Greenwood Publishing Group.

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