United States Ninth Circuit

A police officer had reasonable suspicion that a driver was impaired to justify an investigatory traffic stop of the vehicle under the totality of the circumstances, including the reliability of a Montana Department of Transportation, and the officer's independent observations.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/08/2002
• Decided 04/08/2003
• Published 04/08/2003

Judges

• TALLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before: FERGUSON, FISHER, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Kelleher, Jr.,Kelleher Law Office, Billings, MT, for the defendant-appellant., Lori Harper Suek, Assistant United States Attorney, Great Falls, MT, and Shelley Hicks, Assistant United States Attorney, Billings, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.