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Case v. Montana

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
24-624 Mont. Oct 15, 2025 TBD TBD TBD OT 2025

Issue: Whether law enforcement may enter a home without a search warrant based on less than probable cause that an emergency is occurring, or whether the emergency-aid exception requires probable cause.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/11/2024Application (24A361) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 4, 2024 to December 4, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.
10/17/2024Application (24A361) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 4, 2024.
12/04/2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 6, 2025)
12/17/2024Waiver of right of respondent Montana to respond filed.
12/24/2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
01/02/2025Response Requested. (Due February 3, 2025)
01/03/2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 3, 2025 to March 5, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
01/06/2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 5, 2025.
02/03/2025Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability filed.
02/12/2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 5, 2025 to April 4, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
02/14/2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 4, 2025.
04/02/2025Brief of respondent Montana in opposition filed.
04/15/2025Reply of petitioner William Trevor Case filed. (Distributed)
04/16/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/2/2025.
05/01/2025Rescheduled.
05/12/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
05/19/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
05/27/2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
05/28/2025Letter updating counsel of record information for respondents received.
06/02/2025Petition GRANTED.
06/12/2025Motion for an extension of time within which to file the briefs on the merits filed.
06/25/2025Motion to extend the time within which to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time for filing the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 30, 2025. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including September 3, 2025.
07/30/2025Brief of petitioner William Trevor Case filed.
07/30/2025Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs filed)
08/04/2025Brief amicus curiae of The LONANG Institute filed.
08/05/2025Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
08/06/2025Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed.
08/06/2025Brief amicus curiae of Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed.
08/06/2025Brief amici curiae of America's Future, et al. filed.
08/06/2025Brief amici curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability, et al. filed.
08/06/2025Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed.
08/06/2025Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center filed.
08/06/2025Brief amici curiae of American Psychiatric Association, et al. in support of neither party filed.
08/12/2025SET FOR ARGUMENT on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
08/18/2025Record requested from the Supreme Court of Montana.
08/22/2025Record received electronically from the Anaconda-Deer Lodge District Court and available with the Clerk.
09/02/2025CIRCULATED
09/03/2025Brief of respondent Montana filed. (Distributed)
09/05/2025Record received electronically from the Supreme Court of Montana and available with the Clerk.
09/09/2025Brief amicus curiae of Professor Michael J.Z. Mannheimer filed. (Distributed)
09/10/2025Brief amici curiae of Michigan, et al. filed. (Distributed)
09/10/2025Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
09/10/2025Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
09/10/2025Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
09/30/2025Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
10/03/2025Reply of petitioner William Trevor Case filed. (Distributed)
10/15/2025Argued. For petitioner: Fred A. Rowley, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal. For respondent: Christian B. Corrigan, Solicitor General, Helena, Mont.; and Zoe A. Jacoby, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)