Search and Seizure
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix’s practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
Status: Ongoing
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14 Search and Seizure Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2019
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Torres v. Madrid
Whether the Fourth Amendment applies to a police officer's intentional use of physical force against a fleeing person, if that use of force does not succeed in terminating her movement.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Police Officer Back](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-policeofficerback-1160x768-600x397.jpg)
U.S. Supreme Court
Search and Seizure
Torres v. Madrid
Whether the Fourth Amendment applies to a police officer's intentional use of physical force against a fleeing person, if that use of force does not succeed in terminating her movement.
Oct 2019
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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Sep 2013
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John Doe, Jane Doe, and James Doe v. Todd Entrekin
The Etowah County Sheriff’s Department has subjected a family in Alabama to an ongoing series of unannounced, random, and suspicionless inspections of their home, threatening the family with arrest if they fail to cooperate.
Status: Ongoing
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John Doe, Jane Doe, and James Doe v. Todd Entrekin
The Etowah County Sheriff’s Department has subjected a family in Alabama to an ongoing series of unannounced, random, and suspicionless inspections of their home, threatening the family with arrest if they fail to cooperate.
Sep 2013
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2013
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Maryland v. King
Whether collecting and analyzing DNA samples from arrestees without a warrant or consent violates the Fourth Amendment.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Maryland v. King
Whether collecting and analyzing DNA samples from arrestees without a warrant or consent violates the Fourth Amendment.
Jun 2013
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2012
![Florida v. Harris](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/WEB15-DEM-Cases-Florida-1160x864-600x447.jpg)
Florida v. Harris
Whether the police may conduct a warrantless search for drugs based solely on an alert by a drug-sniffing dog without any other evidence of the dog's reliability so long as the dog has been "trained" or "certified."
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Florida v. Harris](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/WEB15-DEM-Cases-Florida-1160x864-600x447.jpg)
U.S. Supreme Court
Search and Seizure
Florida v. Harris
Whether the police may conduct a warrantless search for drugs based solely on an alert by a drug-sniffing dog without any other evidence of the dog's reliability so long as the dog has been "trained" or "certified."
Sep 2012
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2012
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Bailey v. United States
Whether someone who has left the immediate vicinity of a house that is about to be searched may be seized by the police without probable cause.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![police officers with dog enter home to search it](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/kyr-police-search-560x480-v01.jpg)
U.S. Supreme Court
Search and Seizure
Bailey v. United States
Whether someone who has left the immediate vicinity of a house that is about to be searched may be seized by the police without probable cause.
Aug 2012
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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