MATALON v. HYNNES

No. 15-1372.

806 F.3d 627 (2015)

Scott MATALON, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Joseph HYNNES and Mary Ann O'Neill, Defendants, Appellants, City of Boston, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole M. O'Connor , Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Boston Law Department, with whom Eugene L. O'Flaherty , Corporation Counsel, and Katherine N. Galle , Assistant Corporation Counsel, were on brief, for appellants.

Robert S. Sinsheimer , with whom Wesley B. Stoker and Sinsheimer & Associates were on brief, for appellee.

Before HOWARD, Chief Judge, SELYA and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


This case requires us to inspect the topography of the seldom-used exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement for warrantless searches by police officers exercising community caretaking functions. The case arises in the context of a warrantless entry by the appellants ...

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