U.S. v. JONES

No. 10-1259.

132 S.Ct. 945 (2012)

181 L.Ed.2d 911

UNITED STATES, Petitioner v. Antoine JONES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Dreeben , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Stephen C. Leckar , for Respondent.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States.

Walter Dellinger , Jonathan D. Hacker , Micah W.J. Smith , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Stephen C. Leckar , Counsel of Record, Shainis & Peltzman, Chartered, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Lanny A. Breuer , Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben , Deputy Solicitor General, Ann O'Connell , Assistant to the Solicitor General, J. Campbell Barker , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States.


Justice SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

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...

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