City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, et al., Petitioners v. Genoa Jones, et al.

1. Whether the officers’ warrantless search of a backyard in close proximity to the domestic violence victim’s residence was a lawful “hot pursuit” when the suspect’s trail was temporarily lost within the perimeter for approximately eighteen minutes but recovered through immediate and continuous police efforts. 2. Whether, even if the search did not qualify as a “hot pursuit,” the officers were entitled to qualified immunity because no “clearly established law” was violated. 3. Whether, in the interest of avoiding the perpetual flood of federal court qualified immunity litigation, the Court should decide that “clearly established law” means only the decisions of the Court, and not lower court decisions, which fail to provide police departments with meaningful guidance because they are highly fact-determinative and subject to numerous differing and often contradictory judicial interpretations.