Olmstead v. United States

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Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:caseOutcome influenced public perception of privacy
legal precedent for future cases
shaped future legal standards
legal justification for wiretapping
privacy rights debate
upheld convictions based on wiretaps
upheld legality of wiretaps
gptkbp:caseTypes criminal case
gptkbp:court affirmed lower court ruling
government's right to surveil
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
1928
gptkbp:historicalContext Prohibition era
gptkbp:historicalEvent appealed from lower court
gptkbp:homeGround involved bootlegging operations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Olmstead v. United States
gptkbp:impact privacy law
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
constitutional interpretation
majority opinion favored government
upheld federal wiretap laws
influenced_Fourth_Amendment_interpretations
Justice_Brandeis'_view_on_privacy
gptkbp:jurisdiction federal
gptkbp:legalStatus government surveillance
conviction upheld
wiretapping
early 20th century law
expectation of privacy
no physical intrusion
upheld wiretap evidence
Fourth_Amendment_protections
gptkbp:notableFeature debate on privacy vs. security
influenced future privacy cases
277 U.S. 438
landmark decision in privacy law
involved organized crime
modern surveillance issues
gptkbp:outcome upheld the use of wiretaps
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Roy_Olmstead
gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Taft
gptkbp:precedent law enforcement wiretapping
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Katz_v._United_States
affects law enforcement practices
gptkbp:relatedTo Fourth Amendment
gptkbp:research wiretap evidence
gptkbp:significance set precedent for privacy rights