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"It may be that it is the obnoxious thing in its mildest and least repulsive form; but illegitimate and unconstitutional practices get their first footing in that way, namely, by silent approaches and slight deviations from legal modes of procedure." Boyd v. United States (1886), 116 U.S. 616.

Introduction:
  I created this website to help police officers find important case law that affects their daily work. If you have ever tried to search other case law websites for a particular point of law, you may get hundreds of unrelated cases. You then have to look through each one until you find a case that covers the subject of your search. Hopefully, this site will make this task a little easier. I know that this site does not contain all the available case law for police. I have tried my best, however, to have many of the more important cases. To have the widest possible application for this website, I have limited the cases for the most part to Circuit Court and US Supreme Court cases. If you have any cases that you would like to see added to this site or find any errors, please e-mail me at CaseLaw4Cops@sbcglobal.net.

How to Use:
  The site is easy to use. Click on one of the boxes above that best fits the subject you are researching or use the search box.

Court Jurisdiction:
  It is important to understand Court Jurisdiction before applying any case law. The case law established by a court's decisions only applies to the citizens under its jurisdiction. To narrow down the focus of the case law listed on this site, I limited the case law to federal circuit courts and the United States Supreme Court. The United States Supreme Court decisions apply to all citizens of the United States and its territories. The Federal Circuit Courts' decisions apply only to the states and territories in their circuits. If you are not sure which Federal Court circuit you are in click here.

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