The Government Must Now Obtain A Warrant To Compel Disclosure of Cell Phone Location Records
8 Pages Posted: 30 Oct 2018
Date Written: October 22, 2018
Abstract
On June 22, 2018, the United States Supreme Court held, in Carpenter v. United States, that a warrant is required before a wireless telephone service provider may be compelled by a governmental entity to turn over its customer's "historical" Cell Site Location Information (CSLI).
Keywords: Supreme Court, United States v. Carpenter, warrant, order, constitution, privacy, Fourth Amendment, Stored Communications Act, wireless, cell phone, telephone, tracing, tracking, location, movement, records, CSLI, third-party, Sixth Circuit, criminal, evidence, records, disclosure
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Holster, Charles, The Government Must Now Obtain A Warrant To Compel Disclosure of Cell Phone Location Records (October 22, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3270892 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3270892
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