Bruce Edward Brendlin v. California

Subject:

Fourth Amendment, Seizures, Traffic Stops, Passenger Detainment, Criminal Law and Procedure

• Whether a passenger in a vehicle subject to a traffic stop is thereby "detained" for purposes of the Fourth Amendment, thus allowing the passenger to contest the legality of the traffic stop.

• United States Supreme Court Decided: June 18, 2007
• California Supreme Court Opinion Filed: June 29, 2006
• United States Supreme Court, Cert. Granted: January 19, 2007

Resources:

• Docket Sheet From the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism: On the Docket