QUESTION PRESENTED:
Whether a police officer's mistake of law can provide the individualized suspicion that the Fourth Amendment requires to justify a traffic stop.
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Heien v. North Carolina
Docket No., 13-604
Merit Briefs
- Brief for Petitioner, Nicholas Brady Heien
- Brief for Respondent, North Carolina
- Reply Brief for Petitioner, Nicholas Brady Heien
Amicus Briefs
- Brief for Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of America, Inc., U.S. Justice Foundation, The Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, Free Speech Coalition, Free Speech Defenseand Education Fund, Western Journalism Center, The Abraham Lincoln Foundation, Institute on the Constitution, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Policy Analysis Center, Downsize DC Foundation, and DownsizeDC.org in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Cato Institute, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of North Carolina in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for Professors Charles E. Maclean & Adam Lamparello in Support of Petitioner
- Brief for the Rutherford Institute in Support of the Petitioner
- Brief for the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, the National District Attorneys Association, and the Rockland County District Attorney’s Office in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the State of Wisconsin, Eighteen Other States, and the District of Columbia in Support of Respondent
- Brief for the United States in Support of Respondent
