Legal Opinion
United States v. Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 2012No. 10-1259PublishedCited by 1,190 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION OF THE COURT
[565 U.S. 402]
2Opinion of the Court · ScaliaJustice Scalia
We decide whether the attachment of a Global-Positioning-System (GPS) tracking device to an individual’s vehicle, and subsequent use of that device to monitor the vehicle’s movements on public streets, constitutes a search or seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
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In 2004 respondent Antoine Jones, owner and operator of a nightclub in the District of Columbia, came under suspicion of trafficking in narcotics and was made the target of an investigation by a joint Federal Bureau of Investigation and Metropolitan Police Department task force.…
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