United States v. Davis

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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided: May 5, 2015
Citation: 785 F.3d 498 (11th Cir. 2015) (en banc)
Topics: Cell-Site Location Data (Phone Location Records)Search & Seizure (Fourth Amendment)

What did the court decide?

The full Eleventh Circuit held that obtaining historical cell-site records from a phone company with a court order under the Stored Communications Act, rather than a warrant, did not violate the Fourth Amendment.

Why does it matter?

This shows how federal courts treated cell-site records before 2018. The U.S. Supreme Court took a different view in Carpenter v. United States, which generally requires a warrant.

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