No. 20-1747
Erich Sorenson v. Massachusetts
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-protection curtilage due-process fourth-amendment home-privacy law-enforcement search-and-seizure standing warrantless-arrest
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the hallway area immediately adjacent to
an apartment, in a private multi-family dwelling that
is not open to the public, is part of the curtilage of the
home for Fourth Amendment purposes.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the hallway area immediately adjacent to an apartment, in a private multi-family dwelling that is not open to the public, is part of the curtilage of the home for Fourth Amendment purposes
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-16
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Massachusetts to respond filed.
2021-07-16
Brief amici curiae of The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice et al. filed.
2021-07-16
Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
2021-07-16
Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)
2021-06-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 16, 2021)
Attorneys
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Erich G. Sorenson
Gerard Justin Cedrone — Goodwin Procter, LLP, Petitioner
The Cato Institute
Clark M. Neily III — Cato Institute, Amicus
The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice et al.
The Rutherford Institute
David Joseph Feder — Jones Day, Amicus