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Sixth Circuit Says No Expectation of Privacy in Location Data From Cell Phone
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
A three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit ruled in U.S. v. Skinner that a defendant did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in GPS data coming from a cell phone…
Nashville Criminal Law Report
Should The Government Have Your DNA ?
By Rob McKinney
The New York Times ran an editorial on Justice Roberts order staying a Maryland Supreme Court ruling. Maryland passed a law that allowed police to take a DNA sample of…
PropertyProf Blog
Dyal-Chand on Comparing Property to Other Rights Enumerated in the Bill of Rights
By propertyprof
Rashmi Dyal-Chand (Northeastern) has posted A Poor Relation?: Reflections on a Panel Discussion Comparing Property Rights to Other Rights Enumerated in the Bill of Rights (William & Mary Bill of…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Upholds Arrests at 2004 Republican National Convention in NYC
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Affirming the district judge's grant of summary judgment in favor of the city, the Second Circuit's opinion today in Marcavage v. City of New York rejects the claim of two participants…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Upholds Warrantless Searches of Hotel Records
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A divided three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled today in Patel v. City of Los Angeles that an LA ordinance allowing police officers to inspect hotel records containing guest information,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
DC Circuit Declares Random Drug Testing of Forest Service Employees Unconstitutional
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Over a dissent and reversing the district judge, a DC Circuit panel held unconstitutional the random drug testing policy applicable to all employees working at Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Class Action Certified in NYC Stop-and-Frisk Lawsuit
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Today the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted class certification in a lawsuit challenging the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program. The class is defined as “[a]ll persons…
Proskauer on Privacy
GPS in the Workplace
Earlier this year in United States v. Jones, the United State Supreme Court addressed the privacy implications of Global Positioning Systems (“GPS”), holding that placing a GPS tracking device on…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Complaint Against NYPD for Barricading OWS Protesters
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The complaint filed today in the Southern District of New York in Berg v. Kelly (as NYC Police Commissioner), also naming as defendants a number of NYC Police Officers, claims…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Florida’s Mandatory Drug Testing for State Employees Enjoined
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Judge Ursula Ungaro of the Southern District of Florida has permanently enjoined the Executive of Order of controversial Florida Governor Rick Scott (pictured in caricature at right) requiring drug testing…