Michigan v. Long

Michigan v. Long
Argued February 23, 1983
Decided July 6, 1983
Full case nameMichigan v. David Kerk Long
Citations463 U.S. 1032 (more)
103 S. Ct. 3469; 77 L. Ed. 2d 1201; 51 U.S.L.W. 5231
Case history
PriorConviction upheld, 94 Mich. App. 338, 288 N.W.2d 629. Reversed, 413 Mich., at 472, 320 N.W.2d, at 869. Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Michigan, 459 U.S. 904.
Subsequent413 Mich. 461, 320 N.W.2d 866, reversed and remanded.
Holding
The protective search of the passenger compartment of respondent's car was reasonable under the principles articulated in Terry and other decisions.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
MajorityO'Connor, joined by Burger, White, Powell, Rehnquist; Blackmun (Parts I, III, IV, V only)
Concur/dissentBlackmun
DissentBrennan, joined by Marshall
DissentStevens
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032 (1983), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that extended Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968) to allow searches of car compartments during a stop with reasonable suspicion. The case also clarified and narrowed the extent of adequate and independent state ground, allowing U.S. Supreme Court review of state supreme court decisions unless they explicitly appealed to state laws.