Fourth Amendment: People v. Mothersell
New York State Court of Appeals Fourth Amendment Strip Searches People v. Mothersell No. 43 Appealed from the Fourth Department Background: The contraband the defendant stands convicted of possessing was […]
Fourth Amendment: U.S. v. Navas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Fourth Amendment Trailers — Automobile Exception U.S. v. Navas 09-1144-cr Appealed from the Southern District of New York Background: The appeal concerns a trailer, […]
Fourth Amendment: People v. Edwards
New York State Court of Appeals Fourth Amendment Traffic Stops People v. Edwards No. 87 SSM 6 Appealed from the Fourth Department Background: The defendant was driving a vehicle that […]
Stander: Search warrants constitutional
State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Stander last week held that the City of Rochester’s administrative warrant law does not violate the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Collateral estoppel: Busch v. County of Erie, et al.
- Court of Appeals – Best evidence rule: People v. Coggins
- Fourth Department – Unlawful inventory search: People v. Boatwright
- Second Circuit – Fossil-fuel powered appliances: Assoc. of Contracting Plumbers v. CNY; Mulhem Gas Co., v. Mosley
- Fourth Department – Dismissal of the indictment: People v. Anderson
- Fourth Department – Municipal liability: Battey v. Village of Youngstown
- Fourth Department – Notice of claim: Cindy W. v. Waterloo Central School Dist.
- Court of Appeals – Hateful Conduct Law: Volokh, et al. v. James
- Second Circuit – Free Exercise: Miller v. McDonald
- Court of Appeals – Recording police activity: Reyes v. City of New York
- Second Circuit – Tax liens and levies: Besicorp v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Law News
- Genesee Valley Club to pay $1.05M to settle federal case
- Major Rochester-area auto dealer accused of fraud in federal loan program
- Rochester attorney Donald O. Chesworth Jr. has died
- Split NY appeals court affirms conviction in kidnapping of daughter
- Greece man accused of stealing from class-action settlement funds
- NY AG investigating Schuyler County death involving DOCCS officer
- Rochester man files suit over ‘warning notice’ from ICE
- Lawsuit dismissed in Rochester police chase car crash




