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unusual facts about Arizona v. Gant


Arizona v. Gant

A group of legal scholars, including University of Iowa law professor James Tomkovicz, wrote an amicus curiae brief asking the court to overturn the 1981 case, New York v. Belton, that granted police the authority to search a person's vehicle even if that person is not in the vehicle.


Arizona v. Johnson

Tucson, Arizona, police officers were patrolling a neighborhood associated with the Crips street gang when they stopped a vehicle because its registration had been suspended.

Parker Dam

Even then Arizona continued to dispute its water allotments until a 1963 Supreme Court decision settled the issue.


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