Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Life Imitates Westlaw Natural Language Searches:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_08_16-2009_08_22.shtml#1250461995
As I noted in a [1]2002 post on this blog:
About 10 years ago, when WESTLAW came out with its "Natural
Language" search facility, I decided to enter the question, in the
Supreme Court decisions database:
How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man?
The answer my friend, was Terry v. Ohio, which lawyers recognize as
the case where the Supreme Court upheld the right of police
officers to stop and frisk (in some situations) suspicious-looking
characters.
From a UPI story from yesterday:
Police in Long Branch, N.J., say an officer who stopped Bob Dylan
in response to a suspicious person call did not recognize him....
"Dylan was really cool about the whole incident," [Sgt. Michael]
Ahart told CNN, adding Dylan had been seen looking into the window
of an area home up for sale prior to the incident.
Thanks to [2]InstaPundit for the pointer.
References
1. http://volokh.com/2002_11_10_volokh_archive.html#85664578
2. http://instapundit.com/
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