United States v. Cooley
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 1, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 1, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Breyer
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 593 U. S. Part 2 Pages 345–356 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 1, 2021 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2020 345 Syllabus UNITED STATES v. COOLEY certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 19–1414. Argued March 23, 2021—Decided June 1, 2021 Late one night Offcer James Saylor of the Crow Police Department ap- proached a truck parked on United States Highway 212, a public right- of-way within the Crow Reservation in the State of Montana. Saylor spoke to the driver, Joshua James Cooley, and observed that Cooley appeared to be non-native and had watery, bloodshot eyes. Saylor also noticed two semiautomatic rifes lying on Cooley's front seat. Fearing violence, Saylor ordered Cooley out of the truck and conducted a pat- down search. Saylor also saw in the truck a glass pipe and a plastic bag that contained methamphetamine. Additional offcers, including an offcer with the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, arrived on the scene in response to Saylor's call for assistance. Saylor was…
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