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BLUE ASH v. KAVANAGH

No. 2005-2149.

113 Ohio St.3d 67 (2007)

2007-Ohio-1103

THE CITY OF BLUE ASH, APPELLANT, v. KAVANAGH, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Fornshell, Blue Ash Prosecuting Attorney, and Sarah V. Lewis, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, and Mark A. Vander Laan, City Solicitor, for appellant.

Gerhardstein, Branch & Laufman and Paul M. Laufman, for appellee.

LUNDBERG STRATTON, J.

I. Introduction

{¶ 1} Today this court must determine whether discretionary impoundment of a vehicle during a legitimate traffic stop constitutes an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment. For the reasons that follow, we find that the impoundment was justified and that the detention of the driver and subsequent search of the vehicle were lawful, and we therefore reverse the judgment of the court...

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