(1) Whether the warrantless use of utility pole camera surveillance amounts to a search under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution; and (2) Whether defendant was properly convicted under 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)2(2), and whether courts must defer to the Sentencing Commission’s commentary on the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which lists maintaining any place for the purpose of facilitating a drug offense as a controlled substance offense, when deciding to sentence a defendant as a career offender.
Winners: Dustyn Bain & Jillian Riedel
Finalists: Olivia Chamberlain and Chloe Schafer
Best Oralist Petitioner: Robert Hughes
Best Oralist Respondent: Olivia Chamberlain
Best Brief Petitioner: Dustyn Bain and Jillian Riedel
Best Brief Respondent: Matthew Whipple and Derek Miller
Many thanks to our outgoing Student Director, Shea Moran, and Student Assistant Director, Emme Anderson, for creating a complex, challenging, fun problem and for running a fantastic competition!
The Student Gressman Director leads the Gressman Competition, substantively and administratively. With the Assistant Director, the Student Director develops the competition's topic, crafting a balanced, two-issue record on appeal and accompanying bench memorandum while collaborating with a faculty advisor for substantive input. Administrative oversight includes running the competition smoothly, recruiting and communicating with judges, and responding to participant queries. The Student Gressman Director role also includes scheduling argument dates and times, preparing materials for judges, and overseeing oral argument sessions.
If you have any questions about the Gressman Competition, please contact the 2025-2026 Directors:
Chloe Schafer, Gressman Director
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Grace Paul, Assistant Gressman Director
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