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*** Please note that the Alabama Civil Rights and Liberties Journal will be using a modified rubric of the rubric above with extra points for a civil rights perspective incorporated into the case note. Once ACRL’s rubric has been finalized, it will also be added to this page.

All Sources:

1. Fourth Amendment
2. Brigham City v. Stuart
3. Case v. Montana
4. Chamberlain v. White Plains
5. Corrigan v. District of Columbia
6. Hill v. Walsh
7. US v. Cooks
8. US v. Gambino-Zavala
9. US v. Quarterman
10. Amici Brief APA
11. Brief of Petitioner-Case v. Montana
12. Brief of Respondent- Case v. Montana
13. Reply Brief of Petitioner- Case v. Montana
14. Case v. Montana Oral Argument Transcript
15. Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Entry in Emergency Aid Case
16. Court Finds Police Properly Entered Man’s Home Despite Absence of a Warrant
17. Supreme Court Defines Fourth Amendment Standard for Emergency Welfare Checks
18. Case v. Montana and Police Responses to Mental Health Calls

Examples of Previous Case Notes:

1. Cruz v. Arizona
2. Thompson v. United States