US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

  • Fifth Circuit Rules that Geofence Warrants Are Inherently Unconstitutional

    August 13, 2024

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Privacy Laws

    • Surveillance Oversight

    • Updates

  • United States v. Morton

    July 13, 2021

    Whether law enforcement can perform an invasive forensic search of the entire contents of a phone when it only has probable cause to search some of the data on the phone.

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Privacy Laws

    • Amicus Briefs

  • Anibowei v. Wolf

    June 9, 2020

    Whether the border search exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement should be extended to cell phones

    • Fourth Amendment

    • Privacy Laws

    • Amicus Briefs

  • Veasey v. Abbott (Texas Voter ID)

    May 11, 2016

    Concerning the Legality of the Texas Voter Photo Identification Law

    • Democracy & Free Speech

    • Voter Privacy

    • Amicus Briefs

  • In re Historic Cell-Site Location Information

    January 11, 2012

    Concerning the Constitutionality of the Government's Request for Historical "Cell-Site Location Information" Under Section 2703(d) of the Stored Communications Act

    • Data Protection

    • Location Tracking

    • Amicus Briefs

  • Harris v. Blockbuster

    September 18, 2009

    Concerning the Substitution of Privacy Rights by Arbitration

    • Data Protection

    • Enforcement of Privacy Laws

    • Amicus Briefs