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Kyllo v. U.S., No. 99-8508 (U.S. Supreme Court) (533 U.S. 27; 121 S.Ct. 2038) (June 11, 2001) (Justice Scalia)

In this case, a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled that the use by police of a thermal imaging device to detect heat patterns coming from a private home is a “search” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment; and therefore is presumptively unreasonable without a warrant.

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