Quon Reply Brief
The merits reply brief in City of Ontario v. Quon, No. 08-1332, was filed yesterday. The brief can be viewed here.
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Apr, 2010
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Mar, 2010
Quon Bottom Side Brief Filed
The Respondents’ brief in City of Ontario v. Quon, No. 08-1332, was filed yesterday. Quon involves whether the Fourth Amendment permits a city to search government-issued pagers. The Supreme Court will conduct oral arguments in Quon on April 19th.
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Feb, 2010
Quon Topside Brief Filed
Today, the Petitioner’s Brief and Joint Appendix were filed in City of Ontario, et al. v. Quon, et al., No. 08-1332. The Quon case involves the issue of whether the search of a government-issued text-messaging pager used by a SWAT member to send and receive hundreds of personal messages violates the Fourth Amendment right to unreasonable searches [...]
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Dec, 2009
Christmas Week News
Legal blogs continue to buzz over the Court’s grant last week in City of Ontario v. Quon, (08-1332). While Scotus Wiki added a new page for the case, both Nolo’s Employment Law Blog and Slate’s Double XX Blog discussed the case at length. Last week, Orin Kerr at the Volokh Conspiracy noted that the Ninth [...]
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Dec, 2009
Court Grants City of Ontario v. Quon and Two Others
Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted three cert petitions and called for the Solicitor General’s view on another. In City of Ontario v. Quon, No. 08-1332, the Court will determine whether government employers may monitor employees’ text messages transmitted with a government-issued pager. The questions presented are: 1. Whether a SWAT team member has a reasonable [...]