Solo wins blockbuster Supreme Court GPS case 
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Tags: Fourth Amendment, GPS, GPS tracking, Lawyers of the Year, Lawyers of the Year 2012, search and seizure, Stephen C. Leckar, U.S. Supreme Court
Arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time is a big assignment for any attorney. But when the case has the potential to lead to a blockbuster Fourth Amendment ruling addressing the privacy rights of citizens in an electronic age, it can be a particularly daunting task.
When Stephen C. Leckar faced that challenge representing the defendant in GPS tracking case U.S. v. Jones, he took a deliberate approach; he focused on his client. Instead of urging the Court to adopt an expansive ruling, he tried to convince a majority of the justices that a narrow one would do.
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