bright-line-rule
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25A1029 | Ronnard Williams v. United States | District of Columbia | 2026-03-19 | Application | bright-line-rule fourth-amendment officer-safety reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop vehicle-search | 1. This case presents the question of whether the Fourth Amendment permits a bright-line rule allowing police to order a driver to lower all of his wi… | |
| 23-7712 | C. B., Father v. Vermont Department for Children and Families | Vermont | 2024-06-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | balancing-test bright-line-rule constitutional-protection due-process fundamental-right fundamental-rights government-intervention parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights | In Vermont and a minority of other states, hearsay may be admitted and relied upon in a proceeding to permanently terminate a person's parental rights… |
| 19-769 | Alaa Elkharwily v. Franciscan Health System | Ninth Circuit | 2019-12-16 | Denied | Response Waived | bright-line-rule civil-procedure claim-preclusion different-facts district-court due-process federal-courts fraud-on-the-court issue-preclusion ninth-circuit post-trial-relief res-judicata | Whether federal courts must refuse to dismiss on res judicata grounds a second claim against the same defendant that is based on different facts, evid… |
| 19-6296 | Michael Holmes v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2019-10-17 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | armed-career-criminal-act bright-line-rule burglary-statute curtilage fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search-and-seizure implied-license knock-and-talk no-trespassing-sign property-rights reasonable-expectation-of-privacy reasonable-person-test | (1) Herewith, then, the issue presented is whether the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals violated this Court's Fourth Amendment precedence and committ… |