Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Brooks v. United States

Brooks v. United States, 444 U.S. 878 (1979)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1979-10-01
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • nervousness deemed consistent with behavior among innocent airport travelers and is entitled to no weight
  • name, description, and flight on which individual arrived corroborated, tip also stated drugs would be delivered to known dealer--held sufficient to justify investigative stop

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Brooks v. United States. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.