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Utah v. Strieff
579 U.S. 232 — scotus, 2016.
- Citation
- 579 U.S. 232
- Court
- scotus
- Date filed
- 2016-06-20
- Cited by
- At least 425 later opinions (as at 2026-08-30)
- Context
- Stops & searches
Why the citation count says “at least”. CourtListener holds two records for this case (clusters 8176208 and 3214882), both captioned Utah v. Strieff and both filed 2016-06-20, with the citing opinions split between them. The figure shown is the count on the record this site adjudicated; the other carried 373 as at 2026-08-30. They are not added together because the two sets may overlap.
Why this case matters. Attenuation via an outstanding warrant found during an unlawful stop.
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