Smith v. Maryland
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| Smith v. Maryland | |||||||||||
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 Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued March 28, 1979 Decided June 20, 1979 |
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| Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens |
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| Majority by: Blackmun Joined by: Burger, White, Rehnquist, Stevens Dissent by: Stewart Joined by: Brennan Dissent by: Marshall Joined by: Brennan Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
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Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the installation and use of the pen register was not a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and hence no warrant was required.
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- ^ 442 U.S. 735 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
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