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Atwater v. City of Lago Vista, No. 98-50302 (5th Cir.) (195 F.3d 242) (November 24, 1999) (Judge Emilio M. Garza)

Here a divided en banc court held that no Fourth Amendment violation occurred when the police arrested and booked a mother for driving without a seat belt and failing to fasten her children in seat belts.

The facts of this case are best summed up by some of the dissenting ...

 

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