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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..

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1 United States v. Robert Seaman Drabeck, Jr. Anchor
ca9 · 1990
green “an ordinary consensual encounter between a private citizen and a law enforcement official.” 6
2 United States v. Miguel Sandoval
ca10 · 1994
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
ca10 · 1993
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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