Maureen Tierney, for Herself and as Mother of Philip T. Newton, Patrick J. Newton v. Joel R. Davidson Thomas E. Williams, State of Vermont

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• holding that unlike in a criminal action where the state has the burden to prove that a search was lawful, \[in civil cases] the burden is on [the plaintiff] to establish that [a] search was unlawful\
• police officers may enter a dwelling to render emergency aid and assistance to a person they reasonably believe to be in distress and in need of assistance
• “[P]olice officers may enter a dwelling without a warrant to render emergency aid and assistance to a person whom they reasonably believe to be in distress and in need of that assistance.” (quotations and citation omitted)

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