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Argued December 11, 1996.
Decided February 19, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Gary E. Bair, Mary Ellen Barbera, and Kathryn Grill Graeff, Assistant Attorneys General.
Byron L. Warnken, by appointment of the Court, 519 U.S. 804 (1996), argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.
Attorney General Reno argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. On the brief were Acting Solicitor General Dellinger, Acting Assistant Attorney General Keeney, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, David C. Frederick, and Nina Goodman.*
Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Kennedy, J., joined, p. 415. Kennedy, J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 422.
Supreme Court of United States.
Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case we consider whether the rule of Pennsylvania v. Mimms,434 U.S. 106 (1977) (per curiam), that a police officer may as a matter of course order the driver of a lawfully stopped car to exit his vehicle, extends to passengers as well. We hold that it does.
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