Court ruling highlights strict limits on emergency exceptions to warrantless home entries
Warrantless Entry and Dog Bite Leads to Liability for Deputies
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“One Suspicious Thing After Another” in Truck Driver Case
Court upholds extended truck inspection leading to cocaine seizure
Frisk of a Sleeping Truck Driver Leads to Admissible Evidence
Court upholds frisk of sleeping driver in high-crime area
Overdose Death Brings Legal Woes for Jail Employee
Gillman v. City of Troy, 2025 WL 262331 (6th Cir. 2025) In Michigan, Megan Miller was arrested for a parole violation and booked into the City of Troy’s pretrial detention facility. When she was booked, she told detention staff she had used heroin an hour before....
Compelling a Thumbprint to Unlock Phone Violated Fifth Amendment
Court rules compelled thumbprint is a testimonial act
Improper Distribution of Nude Images of Arrestee
Court affirms qualified immunity but establishes new precedent
The Best Laid Plan Went a Little Haywire
Court upholds officers’ actions in fatal standoff
Emergency Aid or Overreach? Court Affirms Warrantless Entry and Deadly Force
Court upholds warrantless entry and use of force based on exigent circumstances doctrine
Gunshots and Bullet Hole Justify Warrantless Entry
Court upholds warrantless entry due to exigent circumstances
Warrantless Entry Not Justified by Reports of Death
Court rules emergency aid doctrine doesn’t apply in firearm possession case
Ethical Policing and the Duty to Intervene
Embedding intervention as a cornerstone of modern law enforcement
Walking on the Wrong Side of the Law Leads to Lawful Arrest
Qualified immunity upheld in jaywalking arrest