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Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia
Coverage of Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia in the Nexus archive.
- US Supreme Court in Virginia case says police need warrants for cellphone location data
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that police need warrants to obtain cellphone location data from third-party tech companies, citing Fourth Amendment protections. The decision, involving a 2019 Virginia credit union robbery case, left unresolved when such searches are considered reasonable under the Constitution.