Florida v. Bostick
Significance, Minority Opinion, Impact, Random Bus And Train Searches, Further Readings
Petitioner
State of Florida
Respondent
Terrance Bostick
Petitioner's Claim
Random police searches of the effects of consenting passengers are not per se unconstitutional.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Joan Fowler, Assistant Attorney General of Florida
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Donald B. Ayer
Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor (writing for the Court), William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, Byron R. White
Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
20 June 1991
Decision
Police sweeps of buses and their passengers are not necessarily unconstitutional.
Related Cases
- Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Delgado, 466 U.S. 210 (1984).
- Florida v. Kerwick, 512 So.2d 347 (Fla App. 1987).
- California v. Hodari D., 499 U.S. 621 (1991).
- United States v. Williams, 500 U.S. 901 (1991).
Sources
Taylor, Stuart Jr. "Travelers Becoming POWs in Drug War." Manhattan Lawyer, May 1990.
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