Cases citing this passage
whenever an officer restrains the freedom of a person to walk away, he has seized that person.
Cited 30 times across 12 cases. Most often attributed to Tennessee v. Garner, 1985.
Timeline.
First cited 1991
· peak 1991 (6 pins)
· last 2025
· spans 35 years · 10% of all citations are from the last 5 years
· declining
Tammy Watkins v. Officer Lawrence Davis
· 2025-09-25 · Eleventh Circuit · 2 pin-cites
Hernandez v. Masinick
· 2023-02-02 · M.D. Pennsylvania
NASH v. COUNTY OF MERCER
· 2020-04-08 · D. New Jersey
Lachance v. Town of Charlton
· 2019-03-21 · D. Massachusetts · 2 pin-cites
Lachance v. Town of Charlton, Corp.
· 2019-03-21 · District of Columbia · 3 pin-cites
United States v. Wali
· 2011-04-19 · N.D. Texas · 3 pin-cites
Estate of Thurman v. City of Milwaukee
· 2002-03-29 · E.D. Wisconsin · 3 pin-cites
Patricia Scott v. Clay County, Tennessee Chinn Anderson Billy Pierce Michael Thompson
· 2000-03-01 · Sixth Circuit · 3 pin-cites
Johnson v. City of Milwaukee
· 1999-02-25 · E.D. Wisconsin · 3 pin-cites
Gutierrez v. City of San Antonio
· 1998-04-14 · Fifth Circuit · 3 pin-cites
United States v. Babwah
· 1991-09-12 · E.D. New York · 3 pin-cites
United States v. Marc A. Madison, A/K/A \Stanley Johnson\""
· 1991-06-13 · Second Circuit · 3 pin-cites