3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 16 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Robert Seaman Drabeck, Jr..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States v. Robert Seaman Drabeck, Jr. Anchor | green | “an ordinary consensual encounter between a private citizen and a law enforcement official.” | 6 |
| 2 | United States v. Miguel Sandoval | green | “during the course of the traffic stop the officer acquires an objectively reasonable and articulable suspicion that the driver is engaged in illegal activity” | 6 |
| 3 | United States v. Dracy Lamont McKneely Andrew Ellis, and Alandis Bennett, Also Known as Torjano Akines | green | “a reasonable person under the circumstances would believe he was free to leave or disregard the officer's request for information.” | 4 |
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