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title: '2026 Write-On Competition'
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# 2026 Write-On Competition

[Casenote](/in/writing-competition/) | [Bluebook](/in/writing-competition/bluebook/) | [Writeon Policies](/in/writing-competition/policies/)

[**Submit Your Case Note Here**](/in/writing-competition/submission/)

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**Submit Anonymous Questions:**  [Case Note Questions](/in/writing-competition/questions/)

**Case Note Instructions**: [2026 Case Note Instructions](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Case-Note-2026-Instructions-1.pdf)

**Case Note Rubric for ALR, LPR, and JOLP:** [2026 Case Note Rubric](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-Case-Note-Rubric.pdf)

\*\*\* 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:
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1. [Fourth Amendment](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Amendment-IV-Searches-and-Seizures-Warrants.pdf)
2. [Brigham City v. Stuart](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Brigham-City-v.-Stuart.pdf)
3. [Case v. Montana](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Case-v.-Montana.pdf)
4. [Chamberlain v. White Plains](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Chamberlain-v.-White-Plains-.pdf)
5. [Corrigan v. District of Columbia](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Corrigan-v.-District-of-Columbia.pdf)
6. [Hill v. Walsh](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Hill-v.-Walsh.pdf)
7. [US v. Cooks](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/US-v.-Cooks.pdf)
8. [US v. Gambino-Zavala](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/US-v.-Gambino-Zavala.pdf)
9. [US v. Quarterman](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/US-v.-Quarterman.pdf)
10. [Amici Brief APA](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Amici-Brief-APA.pdf)
11. [Brief of Petitioner-Case v. Montana](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Brief-of-Petitioner-Case-v.-Montana.pdf)
12. [Brief of Respondent- Case v. Montana](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Brief-of-Resondent-Case-v.-Montana.pdf)
13. [Reply Brief of Petitioner- Case v. Montana](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Reply-Brief-of-Petitioner-Case-v.-Montana.pdf)
14. [Case v. Montana Oral Argument Transcript](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Case-v.-Montana-Oral-Argument-Transcript.pdf)
15. [Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Entry in Emergency Aid Case](https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11394)
16. [Court Finds Police Properly Entered Man’s Home Despite Absence of a Warrant](https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/01/court-finds-police-properly-entered-mans-home-despite-absence-of-a-warrant/)
17. [Supreme Court Defines Fourth Amendment Standard for Emergency Welfare Checks](https://www.brancatolawfirm.com/blog/supreme-court-defines-fourth-amendment-standard-for-emergency-welfare-checks-case-v-montana/)
18. [*Case v. Montana* and Police Responses to Mental Health Calls](https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2025/10/14/case-v-montana-and-police-responses-to-mental-health-calls/)

Examples of Previous Case Notes:
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1. [Cruz v. Arizona](/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Sample_Cruz-v.-Arizona.pdf)
2. [Thompson v. United States](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Thompson-v.-United-States.pdf)