On April 22, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Taylor v. City of Saginaw[i], in which the court examined whether marking a parked car’s tires with chalk to determine if the car is being moved, violates the Fourth [...]
On April 16, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Johnson[i], in which the court examined whether an officer was authorized seize a round of ammunition and empty holster he felt during a valid Terry [...]
On April 11, 2019, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Waters v. Madson[i], in which the court examined whether officers violated the Fourth Amendment when they detained a man and his wife at a lumberyard when the man failed [...]
On April 3, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the Estate of Shepherd v. City of Shreveport[i], in which the court examined whether an officer acted reasonably under the Fourth Amendment when he shot an killed a man [...]
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT UPHOLDS FRISK DURING CARETAKING ENCOUNTER By Brian S. Batterton, J.D. On April 10, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Simmons[i], in which the court examined whether an officer acted reasonably under the [...]
On March 12, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Jackson v. McCurry[i], in which the court examined whether school officials were entitled to qualified immunity for a warrantless search of a student’s cellphone as well as prohibiting the [...]
On March 15, 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the United States v. Korte[i], in which the court examined how various Fourth Amendment protections apply to a parolee. The relevant facts of Korte, taken directly from the case, [...]
On March 8, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Morrow et al. v. Meachum[i], in which the court examined whether an officer was entitled to qualified immunity from suit when he maneuvered his police SUV into the path [...]
On March 6, 2019, the Court of Appeals of Georgia decided the State v. Lee[i], in which the court examined whether law enforcement officers are required to give a detained co-occupant/defendant an opportunity to object to the officers' entry into [...]
On March 13, 2019, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Cruise-Gulyas v. Minard et al.[i], in which the court examined whether an officer violated the First and Fourth Amendments when he stopped a driver for giving him “the bird.” [...]