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[introduction--should summarize the ruling, and mention why the case is important...if it is]

Contents 1 Background of the case 1.1 FBI investigation and warrantless search 1.2 District Court trial and conviction 1.3 Court of Appeals decision 2 The Court's decision 2.1 Bobo's majority opinion 2.2 Koko's concurrence 2.3 Bojo's dissent 3 Critical response 4 Subsequent developments 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Background of the case

[subheaders will vary based on relevant substantive background]

[edit] FBI investigation and warrantless search

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[edit] District Court trial and conviction

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[edit] Court of Appeals decision

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[edit] The Court's decision

[if it takes a while to explain how the justices voted, then it might be appropriate to have a subheader for the majority opinion following the explanative paragraph]

blah blah blah blah

[edit] Bobo's majority opinion

[this section should just describe what the Court argued, not rebut it; counterarguments by the dissent should be described in the dissent, though mentioned here if the majority's argument expressly replies to the dissent]

[edit] Koko's concurrence

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[edit] Bojo's dissent

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[edit] Critical response

[media commentary and law review/scholarly criticism; may also include criticism expressed by other judges on other courts]

[edit] Subsequent developments

[developments in the case on remand from the Court, other factual changes that are relevant or consequent to the decision, or subsequent relevant case law; header could also be subsequent jurisprudence, or that could be a subheader; see end of United States v. O'Brien

[edit] Notes

[footnotes]

[edit] References

[edit] External links