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SCOTUS to Review Warrantless Searches of Cell-Phone Location Data
SCOTUS to Review Warrantless Searches of Cell-Phone Location DataIn United States v. Carpenter the Supreme Court will decide whether police must obtain warrants per the Fourth Amendment to require...
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Supreme Court Accepts First Amendment Retaliatory Arrest Case
Supreme Court Accepts First Amendment Retaliatory Arrest CaseWhat if a police officer arrests someone in retaliation for engaging in speech protected by the First Amendment but the officer also had...
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SLLC Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in First Amendment Retaliatory Arrest Case
SLLC Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in First Amendment Retaliatory Arrest CaseThe State and Local Legal Center (SLLC) Supreme Court amicus brief in Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach argues if probable...
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Supreme Court Rules Warrant Needed to Search Car on Curtilage
Supreme Court Rules Warrant Needed to Search Car on CurtilageCollins v. Virginia is like a tricky logic problem. Police need a warrant to search the curtilage of a home but not to search a vehicle. So...
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SLLC Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Double Jeopardy Case
SLLC Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Double Jeopardy CaseIn an amicus brief in Gamble v. United States , the State and Local Legal Center (SLLC) asks the Supreme Court not to overrule the “separate...
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Supreme Court Sends Case Denying Police Officer Qualified Immunity Back to...
Supreme Court Sends Case Denying Police Officer Qualified Immunity Back to Lower CourtIn a per curiam (unauthored) unanimous opinion in City of Escondido v. Emmons the Supreme Court granted one police...
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State and Local Legal Center Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Fabrication...
State and Local Legal Center Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Fabrication of Evidence CaseThe issue the Supreme Court will decide in McDonough v. Smith is whether the statute of limitations for a...
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Supreme Court Rules for Police Officers in Free Speech Retaliation Case
Supreme Court Rules for Police Officers in Free Speech Retaliation CaseIt has been three cases and nearly a decade in the making but the Supreme Court has finally ruled in Nieves v. Bartlett that the...
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Supreme Court Overturns “Bridgegate” Fraud Convictions
Supreme Court Overturns “Bridgegate” Fraud Convictions In Kelly v. United States the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the federal fraud convictions of the Bridgegate masterminds because they didn’t...
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After death of George Floyd, push for state-level change intensifies:...
After death of George Floyd, push for state-level change intensifies: Proposals seek new police training, protocols and ways to prosecute misconduct casesEight minutes and 46 seconds. That’s how long...
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SLLC Asks SCOTUS to Extend the Community Caretaking Warrant Exception
SLLC Asks SCOTUS to Extend the Community Caretaking Warrant ExceptionIn a Supreme Court amicus brief filed in Caniglia v. Strom , the State and Local Legal Center (SLLC) argues the Fourth Amendment...
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Supreme Court to Decide Malicious Prosecution/Civil Rights Burden of Proof Case
Supreme Court to Decide Malicious Prosecution/Civil Rights Burden of Proof CaseIn Heck v. Humphrey (1994), the Supreme Court held that a plaintiff can’t bring a civil suit for wrongful conviction...
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SCOTUS Rejects Broad Community Caretaking Exception to Warrant Requirement
SCOTUS Rejects Broad Community Caretaking Exception to Warrant Requirement In a four-page opinion the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously in Caniglia v. Strom that police community caretaking duties...
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Supreme Court Sides with Tribal Authority to Investigate State Law Violations
Supreme Court Sides with Tribal Authority to Investigate State Law ViolationsIn United States v. Cooley the U.S. Supreme Court held unanimously that an Indian tribe police officer may temporarily...
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