Illinois v. Wardlow

Illinois v. Wardlow
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 2, 1999 Decided January 12, 2000
Full case name	Illinois, Petitioner v. William aka Sam Wardlow
Citations	528 U.S. 119 (more) 120 S. Ct. 673; 145 L. Ed. 2d 570; 2000 U.S. LEXIS 504
Case history
Prior	183 Ill. 2d 306, 701 N.E.2d 484 (1998)
Holding
The police had reasonable suspicion to justify the stop because nervous, evasive behavior, like fleeing a high crime area upon noticing police officers, is a pertinent factor in determining reasonable suspicion to justify a stop
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Rehnquist, joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas
Concur/dissent	Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119 (2000), is a case decided before the United States Supreme Court involving U.S. criminal procedure regarding searches and seizures.