the officer's suspicions. But the detainee is not obliged to respond.' Berkemer v. McCarty, (emphasis added).... the Court's statement in Berkemer, while technically dicta, is the kind of strong dicta that the legal community typically takes as a statement of the law. And that law has remained undisturbed for more than 20 years. There is no good reason now to reject this generation-old statement of the law. Justice Breyer also expressed a "slippery-slope" concern that the majority's opinion would lead to allowing the police to ask follow-up questions, such as what the person's license number is, or where a person lives, without running afoul of constitutional protections. See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 542 List of United States Supreme Court cases Notes External links Decision of the Nevada Supreme Court, findlaw.com Information about the case from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (includes links to parties' briefs and briefs of amici curiae) Commentary from Duke Law School Multimedia files, OYEZ project Student commentary from the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Information about the case from the ACLU Student commentary from the Harvard Law Review Dudley Hiibel's web site Press release of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Commentary from Police Chief Magazine Google Maps Location of Confrontation on Grass Valley Road in Winnemucca, NV United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court United States Fifth Amendment self-incrimination case law United States Fourth Amendment case law 2004 in United States case law Legal history of Nevada 2004 in Nevada Humboldt County, Nevada Search and seizure case law