Kansas v. Glover

Kansas v. Glover
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 4, 2019
Decided April 6, 2020
Full case nameKansas v. Charles Glover
Docket no.18-556
Citations589 U.S. ___ (more)
140 S. Ct. 1183; 206 L. Ed. 2d 412
Case history
Prior
  • Motion to suppress granted, Case no. 2016 TR 1431 (Douglas Cnty Dist. Ct. 2016)
  • Reversed, No. 116,446 (54 Kan. App.2d 377; 400 P.3d 182 (Kan Ct. App. 2017))
  • Reversed, No. 116,446 (308 Kan. 590; 422 P.3d 64 (Kan. 2018))
  • Cert. granted, 139 S. Ct. 1445 (2019)
SubsequentConviction affirmed on remand, 465 P.3d 165 (Kan. 2020)
Holding
When the officer lacks information negating an inference that the owner is driving the vehicle, an investigative traffic stop made after running a vehicle’s license plate and learning that the registered owner’s driver’s license has been revoked is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Case opinions
MajorityThomas, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh
ConcurrenceKagan, joined by Ginsburg
DissentSotomayor
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Kansas v. Glover, 589 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held when a police officer lacks information negating an inference that the owner is driving a vehicle, an investigative traffic stop made after running a vehicle's license plate and learning that the registered owner's driver's license has been revoked is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.

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