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Following is the case brief for Board of Education v. Earls, 536 U.S. 822 (2002) Case Summary of Board of Education v. Earls: The Tecumseh, Oklahoma, School District has a policy of drug testing all middle and high school students who participate in extracurricular activities. Several students and their families sued, claiming that the policy violates their civil rights and […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218 (1973) Case Summary of Schneckloth v. Bustamonte: Bustamonte was a passenger in a car that was stopped for a traffic violation. One occupant of the car, who said his brother owned the car, gave the officers consent to search the car. The officers found three stolen checks, which […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Rodriguez v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 1609 (2015) Case Summary of Rodriguez v. United States: A police officer stopped petitioner Rodriguez for driving on the shoulder of a highway. Once the officer completed the process of the traffic stop and issued a warning, he asked Rodriguez if he could walk his K-9 dog […]
Read moreThe term “seizure,” in the legal sense, can mean two things. Seizure examples can include the legal or forceful taking of something, such as evidence from a crime scene. Another seizure example is the act of physically overtaking or removing a person or object. To explore this concept, consider the following seizure definition. Definition of Seizure Noun The act of […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Kentucky v. King, 563 U.S. 452 (2011) Case Summary of Kentucky v. King: Police officers follows a suspect into an apartment complex and lost sight of him. They smelled marijuana outside an apartment door, knocked loudly, and announced their presence. Upon hearing noises consistent with the destruction of evidence, the officers announced their intention […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Maryland v. King, 569 U.S. 435 (2013) Case Summary of Maryland v. King: Maryland collects DNA, by swabbing a person’s cheek, from any person arrested for a serious crime. Respondent King was arrested for assault. His DNA was taken. As a result, he was implicated in a rape case from years earlier. He was […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996) Case Summary of Whren v. United States: Undercover officers observed Petitioners Whren and Brown in a truck. The driver of the truck (Brown) violated traffic laws by suddenly pulling away at an unreasonable speed. The officers stopped the truck and, upon approaching the truck on foot, […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988) Case Summary of California v. Greenwood: Police seized the trash bags left outside of Respondent Greenwood’s house. Evidence of drug activity was found in the bags, and that information was used to obtain a warrant to search Greenwood’s house. That occurred on two separate occasions. The search […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Florida v. Jardines, 569 U.S. 1 (2013) Case Summary of Florida v. Jardines: Police used a drug-sniffing dog on Jardines’ front porch, and the dog alerted to the smell of marijuana. The police then obtained a warrant, found marijuana in the home, and arrested Jardines. At trial, Jardines moved to suppress the marijuana evidence. […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton, 515 U.S. 646 (1995) Case Summary of Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton: Finding that the drug problem in the school district was getting alarmingly worse, and that school athletes were leaders in the drug culture at school, the Vernonia School District 47J created a student-athlete drug policy. […]
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