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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Syllabus. LANGE v. CALIFORNIA. CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FIRST APPELLATE DIVISION. No. 20–18. Argued February 24, 2021—Decided June 23, 2021. This case arises from a police officer’s warrantless entry into petitioner Arthur Lange’s garage.
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Feb 24, 2021 · Facts of the case. A California Highway Patrol officer observed a parked car “playing music very loudly,” and then the driver, Arthur Gregory Lange, honked the horn four or five times despite there being no other vehicles nearby.
In October 2016, a California highway patrol officer witnessed Arthur Lange driving while playing loud music and honking his horn. Believing Lange to be in violation of California traffic law, the officer attempted to perform a traffic stop.
This case asks the Supreme Court to weigh the privacy interests of individuals under the Fourth Amendment against the government’s interest in enforcing the law. Petitioner Arthur Lange (“Lange”) was arrested in his garage by a police officer who pursued him for violating traffic laws.
Feb 24, 2021 · The Supreme Court heard an appeal Wednesday from Arthur Lange, the Sonoma County man who was followed home and then into his garage by the officer, who gave him a citation for driving under the...
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Feb 24, 2021 · California. Holding: Under the Fourth Amendment, pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect does not always or categorically qualify as an exigent circumstance justifying a warrantless entry into a home. Judgment: Vacated and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on June 23, 2021.
Dec 11, 2020 · In Lange v. California, the Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment requires case-specific exigent circumstances for the police to pursue an individual into a private home without a warrant to make a misdemeanor arrest, rejecting the argument that such entry is categorically permitted.
