Program Agenda

Saturday, August 7

Welcome and Introduction
Session Moderator: Prof. Alan Raphael, Loyola Chicago School of Law

Speakers:
   Ed Butterfoss, Dean, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minn.
   Richard H. Deane, Jr., U.S. Attorney, Atlanta, Ga.
   Charlie Diemer, Chief Deputy, Dakota County, Hastings, Minn.
   Rita Fry, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, Ill.

Minnesota v. Carter

Does the Fourth Amendment protect houseguests? Did the officer conduct a search? How can it be that, after 200 years, the Court still cannot agree on the answers to such fundamental questions?"

Florida v. White

The majority writes that police don't have to obtain a warrant before seizing an automobile from a public place if they have probable cause to believe the car is forfeitable "contraband." The dissent says the exceptions have now swallowed the rule. Who's right?

Chicago v. Morales

Chicago's gang ordinance was struck down on due process grounds. How could the city change the ordinance so that the Court would not strike it down? Can anybody find the Fourth Amendment?

Wyoming v. Houghton

The majority rules that once a driver's conduct gave police probable cause to search his car, they properly undertook a warrantless search of a purse that his passenger left on the seat. Are the dissenters right to fear that this would permit the warrantless search of a taxi passenger’s briefcase if there was probable cause to believe her driver had a syringe somewhere in the vehicle?

Knowles v. Iowa

At last, common ground. A unanimous Court strikes an Iowa law granting police the right to conduct a full-blown and warrantless "search incident to citation" whenever they stop a motorist for a minor traffic offense. Could Iowa eliminate citations, require custodial arrests, and thus justify searching all persons alleged to have committed minor crimes?

Wilson v. Layne & Hanlon v. Berger

The justices agree that media "ride-alongs," in which police invite reporters and photographers to accompany them into a home during a search, usually violate the Fourth Amendment. Does this decision limit police ride-alongs by persons other than the media?

Summations

Question and Answer Period