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Erich Sorenson v. Massachusetts
Paid petition · Appeals Court of Massachusetts, No. 19-P-1170 · judgment November 16, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Like millions of other Americans, petitioner makes his home in an apartment building. The question presented is: Whether the hallway area immediately adjacent to an apartment, in a private multi-family dwelling that is not open to the public, is part of the curtilage of the home for Fourth Amendment purposes.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Gerard Justin Cedrone
Goodwin Procter, LLP
For respondent
Thomas Edward Bocian
Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
3 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Oct 04 2021Petition DENIED.
- Jul 21 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
- Jul 16 2021Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Massachusetts to respond filed.
- Jul 16 2021Brief amici curiae of The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice et al. filed.
- Jul 16 2021Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
- Jul 16 2021Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)
- Jun 11 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 16, 2021)