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authority type
case
jurisdiction
federal_nationwide
publication status
published_united_states_reports
precedential status
binding
decision or issuance date
1996-05-28
subsequent history
Official source reviewed through 2026-08-25.
negative treatment status
Official primary sources checked through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations
Use only for the bounded propositions and limitations stated in the linked canonical modules.

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Linked modules

Ornelas v. United States

Holding used

Ultimate reasonable-suspicion and probable-cause determinations receive independent appellate review; historical facts receive clear-error review with due weight to local inferences.

Material limitation

Other suppression questions, credibility decisions, harmlessness, and remedy can have different review rules.

Official source and pinpoints

517 U.S. 690, 696–700 (1996): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-517/pdf/USREPORTS-517-690.pdf