Lange v. California

Lange v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 24, 2021 Decided June 23, 2021
Full case name	Lange v. California
Docket no.	20-18
Citations	594 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
Under the Fourth Amendment, pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect does not always or categorically qualify as an exigent circumstance justifying a warrantless entry into a home.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
Majority	Kagan, joined by Breyer, Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett; Thomas (all but Part II–A)
Concurrence	Kavanaugh
Concurrence	Thomas (in part), joined by Kavanaugh (Part II)
Concurrence	Roberts (in judgment), joined by Alito
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. IV

Lange v. California, 594 U.S. ___ (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the exigent circumstances requirement related to the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Court ruled unanimously that the warrantless entry into a home by police in pursuit of a misdemeanant is not unequivocally justified.