Kyllo v. United States

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Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:caseOutcome Search was unconstitutional
Reinforced need for warrants in surveillance
Significant for civil liberties advocacy
gptkbp:caseTypes Criminal law
99-8508
gptkbp:citedBy 533 U.S. 27 (2001)
gptkbp:court gptkb:Danny_Kyllo
gptkb:United_States
5-4 ruling
Analyzed in legal journals and articles
Justices_O'Connor,_Kennedy,_Souter,_Thomas
Thermal_imaging_is_a_search_under_the_Fourth_Amendment
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
June 11, 2001
gptkbp:filedIn November 20, 2000
gptkbp:historical_analysis Examined Fourth Amendment implications
gptkbp:historicalEvent Involved drug cultivation investigation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kyllo v. United States
gptkbp:impact Privacy rights in law enforcement
gptkbp:isMaintainedBy Heat emissions from home
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
Constitutional interpretation
Constitutional review
Majority opinion emphasized privacy
Dissent argued for law enforcement flexibility
Influenced public policy on surveillance
Justices_Stevens,_Ginsburg,_Breyer,_Rehnquist
gptkbp:legalStatus War on Drugs
Balancing privacy and law enforcement needs
Clarified expectations of privacy
Set limits on police surveillance
Thermal imaging requires warrant
Fourth_Amendment_rights
Fourth_Amendment_protections
gptkbp:notableFeature Used in law school curricula
Landmark decision in privacy law
Influenced public perception of police surveillance practices
Documented in legal databases and textbooks
Examined implications for technology use
Relevant in discussions of modern surveillance technology
gptkbp:outcome Use of thermal imaging was a search
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkbp:precedent Future Fourth Amendment cases
Thermal imaging technology in searches
gptkbp:publicAccess Debate on privacy vs. security
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Florida_v._Riley
gptkb:California_v._Ciraolo
gptkb:United_States_v._Jones
Impact on law enforcement practices
Set standards for future technology use in law enforcement
gptkbp:significance Influenced future cases on surveillance
gptkbp:state gptkb:Oregon
gptkbp:team Continues to be cited in legal arguments and cases.
gptkbp:technology Thermal imaging camera