U.S. v. Camou, No. 12-50598 (9th Cir.) (773 F.3d 932) (December 11, 2014) (Judge Harry Pregerson)
Loaded on Dec. 29, 2014
published in Punch and Jurists
December 29, 2014
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Cell-Phones.
This is a textbook case on the law regarding warrantless searches of cell phones, particularly because it discusses the current state of the law on a potpourri of justifications urged by the Government - namely the search was valid under one or more of five separate exceptions to the …
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- Tyler v. Hillsdale Co. Sheriff's Dept., No. 13-1876 (6th Cir.) (775 F.3d 308) (December 18, 2014) (Judge Danny J. Boggs)
- U.S. v. Camou, No. 12-50598 (9th Cir.) (773 F.3d 932) (December 11, 2014) (Judge Harry Pregerson)
- U.S. v. Etheridge, No. Crim. No. 06-0233 (TFH) (D.D.C.) (999 F.Supp.2d 192) (November 21, 2013) (Judge Thomas F. Hogan)
- U.S. v. Price, No. 12-1630 (7th Cir.) (775 F.3d 828) (December 5, 2014) (Judge Diane S. Sykes)
- U.S. v. Sanya, No. 13-4937 (4th Cir.) (774 F.3d 812) (December 17, 2014) (Judge Diana Gribbon Motz)
- U.S. v. Newman, No. 13-1837-cr (2nd Cir.) (773 F.3d 438) (December 10, 2014) (Judge Barrington D. Jr. Parker)
- Warger v. Shauers, No. 13-517 (U.S. Supreme Court) (574 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 521) (December 9, 2014) (Justice Sotomayor)
- Heien v. North Carolina, No. 13-604 (U.S. Supreme Court) (575 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 530) (December 15, 2014) (Justice (John G.) Roberts)
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