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Title

GPS Monitoring Device Leads the Supreme Court to the Crossroads in Privacy Law

Authors

Shaun B. Spencer, University of Massachusetts School of Law - DartmouthFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

The case of United States v. Jones led the United States Supreme Court to a crossroads in its Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. The Jones Court had to decide whether law enforcement’s use of a GPS device to monitor a suspect’s vehicle around the clock for a month constituted a “search” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. The case presented a potential collision between two different approaches to identifying Fourth Amendment searches.

Comments

Originally published in 2012 by New England Law Review on Remand.

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Recommended Citation

Shaun B. Spencer, GPS Monitoring Device Leads the Supreme Court to the Crossroads in Privacy Law, 46 New Eng. L. Rev. on Remand 45 (2012).