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Georgia Supreme Court: Warrantless GPS tracking violates Fourth Amendment
FLAKES v. THE STATE (Two Cases), decided by Georgia Supreme Court on February 3, 2026, resulted in a mixed outcome. This case consolidates two appeals concerning the admissibility of evidence obtained...
First Circuit: DNA collection from arrestees is a reasonable search
Doe v. City of Boston, decided by First Circuit on January 27, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by John Doe aga...
Tenth Circuit Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Informant Tip
United States v. Moon Seals, decided by Tenth Circuit on January 22, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence ...
Ohio Supreme Court strikes down random drug testing for school employees
State ex rel. Boddy v. Xenia Community City School Dist. Bd. of Edn., decided by Ohio Supreme Court on January 22, 2026, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The Ohio Supreme Court considered whether ...
Laptop search incident to arrest upheld
United States v. Papantoniadis, decided by First Circuit on January 21, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress eviden...
Seventh Circuit Upholds Border Search of Laptop
United States v. Farhan Sheikh, decided by Seventh Circuit on January 14, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Farhan Sheikh's motion ...
Eleventh Circuit: Marijuana smell justifies vehicle search
Lisa Baker v. City of Atlanta, decided by Eleventh Circuit on January 9, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's grant of summary judgment to the ...
Fifth Circuit Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
United States v. Johnson, decided by Fifth Circuit on January 7, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence obta...
Search of cell phone incident to arrest is lawful
Commonwealth v. Kurtz, J., Aplt., decided by Pennsylvania Supreme Court on December 16, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Commonwealth appealed the suppression of evidence obtained from t...
Sheriff Not Liable for Inmate Medical Expenses After Injury
State ex rel. McCormack v. Ashtabula Cty. Med. Ctr., decided by Ohio Court of Appeals on November 13, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ohio Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's de...
Border searches of electronic devices are permissible without a warrant
United States v. Jonathan Johnson, decided by D.C. Circuit on November 4, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The case concerns whether the government's warrantless search of Jonathan Johnson's...
Seventh Circuit: Cell phone search incident to arrest is constitutional
United States v. Andrew Johnston, decided by Seventh Circuit on October 29, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Andrew Johnston's mot...
Seventh Circuit: Consent to search cell phone was voluntary
United States v. Auston McLain, decided by Seventh Circuit on July 30, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Auston McLain's motion to ...
First Circuit: DNA collection from arrestees is a reasonable search
Doe v. City of Boston, decided by First Circuit on July 25, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The First Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by John Doe agains...
Third Circuit: Cell phone search incident to arrest is constitutional
United States v. Joseph Cammarata, decided by Third Circuit on July 22, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Third Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of Joseph Cammarata's motion t...
DNA collection upon arrest upheld as constitutional
A.B. v. County of San Diego, decided by California Court of Appeal on July 18, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, A.B., sued the County of San Diego alleging that the County's p...
Ninth Circuit Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Under Automobile Exception
United States v. Keller, decided by Ninth Circuit on June 27, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtaine...
SCOTUS Clarifies Causation Standard for § 1981 Discrimination Claims
Mahmoud v. Taylor, decided by Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 2025, resulted in a affirmed outcome. The Supreme Court affirmed the Sixth Circuit's decision, holding that a plaintiff all...
DNA collection upon arrest is a reasonable search under the Fourth Amendment.
A.B. v. County of San Diego, decided by California Court of Appeal on June 26, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, A.B., sued the County of San Diego alleging that the County's p...
Warrantless vehicle search after arrest in home unlawful
State of Minnesota v. Samuel Alejondro Torrez, decided by Minnesota Supreme Court on June 4, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's decision ...
Second Circuit Affirms Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause and Plain View
United States v. Sterkaj, decided by Second Circuit on May 23, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence seize...
Eleventh Circuit: Cell phone search incident to arrest justified by exigent circumstances
United States v. John Doe, decided by Eleventh Circuit on May 21, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of John Doe's motion to suppress ...
NY Court: Fingerprinting for Civil Penalties Doesn't Violate Constitution
Arrospide v. City of New York, decided by New York Appellate Division on April 2, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Arrospide, sued the City of New York alleging that the city'...
NY Court Upholds DNA Collection Upon Arrest
Arrospide v. City of New York, decided by New York Appellate Division on April 2, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Arrospide, sued the City of New York alleging that the city'...