Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Cannon v. Williams

525 U.S. 1123

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1999-01-25
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “When reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress evidence, the appellate court must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the government”
  • “when a law enforcement officer no longer has any reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, the detained individual is constitutionally free to leave”
  • “Allegations of bad faith government misconduct necessarily implicates the conduct of the government actors involved, and there is nothing novel in sanctioning attorneys personally for discovery abuse.”
  • a motion to preclude provides an effective forum in which to respond

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Cited by
42 opinions

Case below, 156 F.3d 86.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied.