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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.
08/05/2025Amicus brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, American Civil Liberties Union, and American Civil Liberties Union of Montana submitted.
08/06/2025Amicus brief of Constitutional Accountability Center submitted.
08/06/2025Amicus brief of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability; Restore the Fourth, Inc. submitted.
08/06/2025Amicus brief of American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, and Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law submitted.
08/06/2025Amicus brief of America's Future, Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Downsize DC Foundation, DownsizeDC.org, Inc., U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund submitted.
08/06/2025Amicus brief of Cato Institute and Americans for Prosperity Foundation submitted.
08/06/2025Amicus brief of The Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers submitted.
08/06/2025Amicus brief of The Rutherford Institute submitted.