Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Peterson v. Department of the Interior
Peterson v. Dep’t of the Interior, 498 U.S. 1003 (1990)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1990-12-03
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- the officer “point blank asked [the defendant] if [he] was armed. [The defendant], instead of responding either affirmatively or negatively, simply remained silent.”
- "Congress was particularly concerned that the reclamation projects not fuel land speculation in the West or contribute in any way to the monopolization of land in the hands of a few private individuals.”
Citator
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Justice White and Justice Marshall would grant certiorari.