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ARIZONA v. JOHNSON

No. 07-1122.

129 S.Ct. 781 (2009)

555 U.S. 323

172 L.Ed.2d 694

ARIZONA, Petitioner, v. Lemon Montrea JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Parkhurst, Tucson, Arizona, for Petitioner.

Toby J. Heytens, for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Andrew J. Pincus, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Terry Goddard, Attorney General, Mary R. O'Grady, Solicitor General, Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel, Joseph L. Parkhurst, Assistant Attorney General, Tucson, Arizona, Diane Leigh Hunt, Assistant Attorney General, for Petitioners.

Dan M. Kahan, Scott L. Shuchart, New Haven, CT, Andrew J. Pincus, Charles Rothfeld, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, M. Edith Cunningham, Assistant Pima County Public Defender, Tucson, AZ, for Respondent.

This case concerns the authority of police officers to "stop and frisk" a passenger in a motor vehicle temporarily seized upon police detection of a traffic infraction. In a pathmarking decision, Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968...

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