emergency-aid-exception
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6548 | Nathan Cooper v. Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 2026-01-12 | Pending | Response WaivedIFP | emergency-aid-exception fourth-amendment home-entry law-enforcement probable-cause search-warrant | This case presents an issue identical to that in Case v. Montana, No. 24-624, currently before this Court, i.e., whether law enforcement may enter a h… |
| 25A291 | Brycen Dennis Scofield v. Oregon | Oregon | 2025-09-12 | Presumed Complete | emergency-aid-exception exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search | Whether the warrantless search of a residence under the emergency aid exception violates the Fourth Amendment when police no longer reasonably believe… | |
| 24-1244 | David A. McMaster, Jr. v. Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 2025-06-05 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | emergency-aid-exception fourth-amendment law-enforcement-search probable-cause protective-sweep-doctrine warrantless-entry | Whether it is an improper expansion of the 'emergency aid exception' and/or 'protective sweep doctrine' to authorize a warrantless entry into a home w… |
| 24-624 | William Trevor Case v. Montana | Montana | 2024-12-06 | Judgment Issued | Amici (18)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) | emergency-aid-exception exigent-circumstances home-search law-enforcement-entry probable-cause search-warrant | Whether law enforcement may enter a home without a search warrant based on less than probable cause that an emergency is occurring, or whether the eme… |
| 19-272 | Willie Lee Cooks v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-08-30 | Denied | Response Waived | emergency-aid-exception exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment home-entry home-privacy home-search probable-cause reasonable-belief warrant-requirement warrantless-search | Whether the emergency-aid exception permits a warrantless, nonconsensual search of a private home based upon officers' inability to 'rule out the poss… |