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Katz v. United States , 389 U.S. 347 (1967), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court redefined what constitutes a "search" or "seizure" with regard to the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution .
In Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967) Justice Harlan issued a concurring opinion articulating the two-prong test later adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court as the test for determining whether a police or government search is subject to the limitations of the Fourth Amendment:
Case name Citation Date decided Pereira v. United States: 347 U.S. 1: 1954: Radio Officers' Union v. NLRB: 347 U.S. 17: 1954: Walder v. United States: 347 U.S. 62
Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (1928) The Fourth Amendment's proscription on unreasonable search and seizure does not apply to telephone wiretaps. (Overruled by Katz v. United States (1967)) Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961) Exclusionary rule applied to state prosecutions. Schmerber v.
Katz v. United States: Criminal procedure: 389 U.S. 347 (1967) wiretapping as search and seizure Zschernig v. Miller: 389 U.S. 429 (1968) foreign relations and state property law preventing inheritance by nonresident aliens: Mora v. McNamara: 389 U.S. 934 (1967) denial of certiorari in a case questioning the legality of the Vietnam War: Haynes ...
In response to Katz v. United States (1967) and Berger v. New York (1967), the United States Congress enacted the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, of which Title III is known as the "Wiretap Act." Title III was Congress' attempt to extend Fourth Amendment-like protections to telephonic and other wired forms of communication.
California, 453 U.S. 420 decision in July 1981, overruled by the United States v. Ross , 456 U.S. 798 decision in June 1982. There have been 16 decisions which have simultaneously overruled more than one earlier decision; of these, three have simultaneously overruled four decisions each: the statutory law regarding habeas corpus decision Hensley v.
Berger v. New York, 388 U.S. 41 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court decision invalidating a New York law under the Fourth Amendment, because the statute authorized electronic eavesdropping without required procedural safeguards.