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Arizona
Oct 2023
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Racial Justice
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix’s practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2012
Reforming Police
Bailey v. United States
Whether someone who has left the immediate vicinity of a house that is about to be searched may be seized by the police without probable cause.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2012
Reforming Police
Bailey v. United States
Whether someone who has left the immediate vicinity of a house that is about to be searched may be seized by the police without probable cause.
Court Case
Mar 2012
Reforming Police
Criminal Law Reform
Barnes v. Camden
In July 2010, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of New Jersey filed a lawsuit on behalf of an innocent Camden, New Jersey man, Joel Barnes, who was jailed for more than a year as the result of having drugs planted on him by police officers later implicated in a large-scale evidence-planting conspiracy affecting nearly 200 other Camden residents. Mr. Barnes is seeking compensatory damages, as well as injunctive relief designed to prevent such conduct among Camden police officers from occurring in the future.
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Court Case
Mar 2012
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Criminal Law Reform
Barnes v. Camden
In July 2010, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of New Jersey filed a lawsuit on behalf of an innocent Camden, New Jersey man, Joel Barnes, who was jailed for more than a year as the result of having drugs planted on him by police officers later implicated in a large-scale evidence-planting conspiracy affecting nearly 200 other Camden residents. Mr. Barnes is seeking compensatory damages, as well as injunctive relief designed to prevent such conduct among Camden police officers from occurring in the future.
Vermont
Sep 2011
Reforming Police
In Re: Search Warrants
In June 2011, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Vermont and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a brief urging the Vermont Supreme Court to reject demands by local prosecutors to override warrant restrictions imposed by the court and allow a limitless search of a personal computer.
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Vermont
Sep 2011
Reforming Police
In Re: Search Warrants
In June 2011, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Vermont and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a brief urging the Vermont Supreme Court to reject demands by local prosecutors to override warrant restrictions imposed by the court and allow a limitless search of a personal computer.
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2008
Reforming Police
Criminal Law Reform
Pearson v. Callahan
Whether, absent an emergency, the Fourth Amendment permits the police to enter a home without a warrant based on an informant's signal that criminal activity is taking place inside. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2008
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Criminal Law Reform
Pearson v. Callahan
Whether, absent an emergency, the Fourth Amendment permits the police to enter a home without a warrant based on an informant's signal that criminal activity is taking place inside. DECIDED
U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2005
Reforming Police
Criminal Law Reform
Samson v. California
This case reviews whether the Fourth Amendment permits a police officer to search a parolee on the public streets without any basis for suspicion. DECIDED
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2005
Reforming Police
Criminal Law Reform
Samson v. California
This case reviews whether the Fourth Amendment permits a police officer to search a parolee on the public streets without any basis for suspicion. DECIDED