Kentucky v. King Archives - Cockle Legal Briefs

Weekly Roundup for May 20, 2011

Sean Bradley2019-03-18T18:48:01-05:00May 20th, 2011|Tags: ACA, CIGNA Corp. v. Amara, Dorf, ERISA, exigent circumstances, False Claims Act, FOIA, Goodwin Liu, Kentucky v. King, Liptak, Lithwick, New York Times, parental alienation syndrome, Raj Rajaratnam, Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk, search and seizure, Slate, Volokh|

Opinions and Orders of the Court Kentucky v. King, 09-1272, May 16, 2011 The Fourth Amendment generally bars warrantless searches, except under certain exigent circumstances, such as the imminent destruction of evidence. An exception to the exception applies when the police create the exigency by acting or threatening to act unconstitutionally. In [...]

Merits Briefs

On Friday, the following merits briefs were filed in the U.S. Supreme Court. The briefs can be viewed at this link. The Petitioner's Brief was filed in Stern v. Marshall, No. 10-179; Boeing v. United States, No. 09-1302; Sykes v. United States, No. 09-11311; and Kentucky v. King, No. 09-1271. A Reply Brief was filed in Pepper v. United States, No. 09-6822.