Justice Elena Kagan wrote for a splintered majority that police conducted a "search" for purposes of the Fourth Amendment "when they gained access to Location History data."
"An individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone's location, and police intrude on that constitutionally protected interest when they demand the information," Kagan wrote.
The court sends the case back to the lower court for it to determine whether the search was reasonable, "meaning that each of its steps was properly described with particularity and found to be supported by probable cause."
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