Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Payton v. Harris
435 U.S. 941
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1978-03-27
- Topic
- labor-and-employment
How later courts describe this case
- holding that police officer could not have had reasonable belief that criminal activity was afoot where defendant was merely walking along the edge.of the highway even though defendant was carrying no bags and had an unkempt appearance
- declining competitors' request for court review of IRS treatment of income American Jewish Congress derived from travel programs
- there is nothing in the Constitution which prevents a police officer from approaching a person on the street in order to make inquiries of that person
- travel agents’ challenge of favorable tax treatment of religious groups that conducted charter tours was too speculative to confer standing
Citator
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- 46 opinions
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