Legal Opinion
United States v. Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 4, 2010No. 10-4234PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge HAMILTON and Judge CONRAD joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a police officer’s efforts to reunite an abandoned four-year-old girl with her parents. We agree with the district court that the officer’s actions were objectively reasonable and justified by the exigent circumstances stemming from her abandonment. Because the officer discovered Melvin Taylor and the firearm he was not permitted to possess in the course of a reasonable and commendable attempt to locate the child’s parents,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Vernonia School District 47J v. ActonSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- United States v. ChristyDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 2011
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