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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	ALBERT W. FLORENCE, PETITIONER v. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF BURLINGTON et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	April 02, 2012
Date Argument	October 12, 2011
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	132 S. Ct. 1510 2012 U.S. LEXIS 2712 182 L. Ed. 2d 566
Docket	10-945

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	New Jersey U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Petitioner	arrested person, or pretrial detainee
Respondent	county government or county governmental unit, except school district New Jersey

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Search And Seizure (other Than As Pertains To Vehicles Or Crime Control Act) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fourth Amendment
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Scalia Kennedy Thomas regular concurrence Roberts Alito dissent Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Kagan

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2011-046-01

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