United States v. Jones — Installing a GPS Tracker on a Vehicle Is a Fourth Amendment Search, Even on Public Streets

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FBI agents physically attached a GPS device to Antoine Jones’s Jeep under a warrant they then exceeded — one day late and outside jurisdiction. 28 days of tracking and 2,000+ pages of location data were thrown out. The Court held physical attachment plus tracking is a Fourth Amendment search, full stop.

U.S. Supreme Court

January 23, 2012

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landmark: Landmark Ruling

565 U.S. 400 (2012) · Unanimous · Justice Scalia

Reference: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/10-1259

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