United States v. Wurie
| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-212 | 1st Cir. | Apr 29, 2014 | Jun 25, 2014 | 9-0 | Roberts | OT 2013 |
Holding: The police generally may not, without a warrant, search digital information on a cellphone seized from an individual who has been arrested.
Judgment: Affirmed, 9-0, in an opinion by Chief Justice Roberts on June 25, 2014. Justice Alito filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Symposium: A whole lot of Wurie: Information acquisition and the Fourth Amendment (Anthony Barkow Eric Del Pozo, June 26, 2014)
- Symposium: In Riley v. California, a unanimous Supreme Court sets out Fourth Amendment for digital age (Marc Rotenberg and Alan Butler, June 26, 2014)
- Opinion analysis: Broad cloak of privacy for cellphones (Lyle Denniston, June 25, 2014)
- Get a warrant! Today's cellphone privacy decision in Plain English (Amy Howe, June 25, 2014)
- Argument analysis: Limiting a search? Sure, but how? (Lyle Denniston, April 29, 2014)
- A whole new world: Today's oral arguments in Plain English (Amy Howe, April 29, 2014)
- Argument preview: Police and cellphone privacy (Lyle Denniston, April 25, 2014)
- SCOTUS for law students (sponsored by Bloomberg Law): Searching cellphones (Stephen Wermiel, April 25, 2014)
- Court to rule on cellphone privacy (Lyle Denniston, January 17, 2014)
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
|---|---|
| 08/15/2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 16, 2013) |
| 09/06/2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 16, 2013. |
| 10/08/2013 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 15, 2013. |
| 11/15/2013 | Brief of respondent Brima Wurie in opposition filed. |
| 11/15/2013 | Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Brima Wurie. |
| 11/20/2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 6, 2013. |
| 11/20/2013 | Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed) |
| 12/31/2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 17, 2014. |
| 01/17/2014 | Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED. |
| 01/17/2014 | Petition GRANTED. |
| 02/11/2014 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, April 29, 2014 |
| 02/21/2014 | Record received from U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit, (1 envelope) part of this record is SEALED. All other filings of this record is available electronically through PACER. |
| 03/03/2014 | Joint appendix filed. |
| 03/03/2014 | Brief of petitioner United States filed. |
| 03/05/2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from the respondent. |
| 03/06/2014 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner. |
| 03/07/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Criminal Law Professors in support of private parties filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 03/10/2014 | CIRCULATED. |
| 03/10/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Center for Democracy & Technology, and Electronic Frontier Foundation in support of Riley and Wurie filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 03/10/2014 | Brief amici curiae of American Library Association, and The Internet Archive in support of Riley and Wurie filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 03/10/2014 | Brief amici curiae of National Press Photographers Association, et al. filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 03/10/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Professors Charles E. MacLean & Adam Lamparello filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 03/10/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Constitutional Accountability Center in support of Riley and Wurie filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| 04/02/2014 | Brief of respondent Brima Wurie filed. (Distributed) |
| 04/09/2014 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Federal Defenders, et al., filed. (Distributed). |
| 04/09/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Downsize DC Foundation, et al., filed. (Distributed). |
| 04/09/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. (Distributed) |
| 04/09/2014 | Brief amici curiae of Southwestern Law Student Anna Aran, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| 04/09/2014 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed) |
| 04/22/2014 | Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed) |
| 04/29/2014 | Argued. For petitioner: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Judith H. Mizner, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Boston, Mass. |
| 06/25/2014 | Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Roberts, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. VIDED with No. 13-132. |
| 07/28/2014 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| 07/28/2014 | Record returned for U.S.C.A. for First Circuit. |