Case v. Montana · ¶13

We granted certiorari, 605 U. S. 968 (2025), because courts have differed on whether police officers entering a home to provide emergency aid need “probable cause” to believe that an occupant is in peril. We conclude that standard, borrowed from the criminal context, is inapt. We instead hold just what we have held before: that the officers may enter if, but only if, they have an “objectively reasonable basis for believing” that an occupant faces serious danger. Brigham City, 547 U. S., at 400.

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