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The Matter of 381 Search Warrants Directed to Facebook Inc. v. New York County District Attorney's Office

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 4, 2017No. 16Published

1DissentWilson, J.

The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution, urged on the nation by the New York ratifying convention in 1788 (William J. Cuddihy, The Fourth Amendment: Origins and Original Meaning, 602-1791 695 [1st ed 2009]), secures us against unreasonable searches and seizures by our government. It reflects the American consensus that the general warrants and writs of assistance popular among British officials in colonial government — orders that licensed their possessors to scour homes and businesses for anything of potential interest to the Crown, and that were a significant provocation to the…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  4. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  5. Powers v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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