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Term Talk: Caniglia v. Strom, Lange v. CA, Torres v. Madrid

The nation's top legal scholars discuss what federal judges need to know about the U.S. Supreme Court's most impactful decisions. 

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Edwin Chemerinsky, Laurie Levenson, James A. Chance
October 7, 2021

Fourth Amendment. Search and Seizure. Watch experts discuss the Court’s refusal to broaden the Community Caretaking exception and doctrine of hot pursuit in favor of protecting privacy in the home, and the different standards applied to seizure in civil and criminal cases. 

Participants. Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Berkeley School of Law; Laurie Levenson, Professor, Loyola School of Law; and Jim Chance, Senior Education Attorney, Federal Judicial Center.

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