HILL v. WALSH

No. 17-1669.

884 F.3d 16 (2018)

Roland G. HILL; Mary R. Hill, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Edward WALSH, individually and in his official capacity as Chief of the City of Taunton Police Department; City of Taunton, MA; Deborah Lavoie; William Henault; Troy Enos; Joseph Marques, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 27, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Patten for appellants.

Daniel F. de Abreau , First Assistant City Solicitor, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Lynch and Thompson, Circuit Judges.


In this opinion, we bring our circuit law into conformity with the Supreme Court's precedent on the emergency aid exception to the Fourth Amendment requirement that a warrant be obtained before police entry into homes. We explain below.

On March 3, 2015, Matthew Hill, age 28, overdosed and was taken to Morton Hospital...

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