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

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