Highlights of the Supreme Court's 2003-2004 Term
References for Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humbolt Cty. (June 21st, 2004)

Prior Opinions

• Nevada Supreme Court Opinion Filed December 20, 2002
• Terry v. Ohio Decided June 10, 1967

Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments

• Supreme Court Oral Argument (PDF)
• Petition (PDF)
• Respondent's Brief Opposing Certiorari (PDF)
• Petitioner's Reply Memorandum (PDF)
• Petitioner's Brief (Merits) (PDF)
• Respondent's Brief (Merits) (PDF)
• Petitioner's Reply Brief (Merits) (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Neither Party

• Electronic Privacy Information Center (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Hiibel

• ACLU (PDF)
• Cato Institute (PDF)
• John Gilmore (PDF)
• National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty and Other Organizations (PDF)
• PrivacyActivism and Other Organizations (PDF)
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humbolt Cty.

• United States (PDF)
• Criminal Justice Legal Foundation (PDF)
• National Association of Police Organizations (PDF)

Articles & Commentary

• Suspects Can Be Forced to Give Names, U.S. Court Says, Bloomberg.com (June, 2004)
• Can a State Make it a Crime to Refuse to Identify Yourself to the Police? In a Narrow Ruling, the Supreme Court Says Yes, Michael Dorf for Findlaw's Legal Commentary (June, 2004)
  
• Court: If police ask, you must give your name, Warren Richey for the Christian Science Monitor (June, 2004)
• Keeping name private can be crime, court rules, Bill Mears for the CNN Law Center (June, 2004)
• Court Rules on Privacy of Personal Identity, Nina Totenberg for NPR (Audio) (June, 2004)
• Top Court Rules People Must Give Police Their Names, James Vicini for Reuters (June, 2004)
• Supreme Court says keeping name private can be crime, Gina Holland for the Associated Press (June, 2004)
• ID, Please? Simple Question, Big Implications, Anne Coughlin for the Washington Post (March, 2004)
  
• Official Statement, Nevada State Public Defender (June, 2004)
• HLS students hear case before high court does, Beth Potier for the Harvard University Gazette (March, 2004)
• Hiibel v. Nevada, Allan Bormel for the Intellectual Conservative (March, 2004)
• Revealing your identity to police, Kieth Chu for the Medill News Service (March, 2004)
• The Trouble With Hiibel: Is your name really a deep, dark secret?, Dahlia Lithwick for MSN's Slate (March, 2004)
  
• Must Americans Carry Identification, or Else Risk Arrest?, Danielle Sucher for Findlaw's Legal Commentary (November, 2004)
• The Degradation of Polititcal Identity Under a National Identification System, Richard Sobel, 8 B.U. J. Sci. & Tech. L. 37 (2002)
• The Poverty Exception to the Fourth Amendment, Christopher Slobogin, 55 Fla. L. Rev. 391 (2003)
• The Demeaning of Identity and Personhood in National Identification Systems, Richard Sobel, 15 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 319 (2002)
• Your Papers, Please, Washington Times (Feb. 23, 2004)
• Fighting for Right Not to Show ID, Ryan Singel for Wired News (February, 2004)
• Papers, please, Dennis Roddy for the Pittsburg Post-Gazette (March, 2004)
• Hiibel Revisited: Apocalyptic constitutional moment ahead, Barbara Babcock for MSN's Slate (March, 2004)

Other References

• Supreme Court Docket
• Medill School of Journalism
• Police Arrest Video
• Nevada Relevant Statute § 171.123
• Constitutional Law
• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Right of Privacy