Supremes: Warrantless use of GPS device constitutes search 
Published: January 23, 2012
Tags: Fourth Amendment, GPS device, privacy, search and seizure, Supreme Court, trespass, warrantless search
The attaching of a GPS device to a vehicle, and the use of that device to monitor the vehicle’s movements, constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
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Published: January 23, 2012
Tags: Fourth Amendment, GPS device, privacy, search and seizure, Supreme Court, trespass, warrantless search
The attaching of a GPS device to a vehicle and the use of that device to monitor the vehicle’s movements constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment.
See “Warrantless use of GPS device constitutes search”
U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. v. Jones. No. 10-1259. Jan. 23 2012. Lawyers
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