CPSC 185: Control, Privacy and Technology
Brad Rosen (brad.rosen@yale.edu)

TAs: Xiyin Tang (xiyin.tang@yale.edu), Lauren Thomas (lauren.thomas@yale.edu)
F, 3:30-5:20, AKW400

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

Course Readings:  Please Skim The Syllabi from 2011 and 2010.

(1)  Crazy Laws & Prosecutorial Discretion (Jan. 20 – Intro & Overview)

  1. Inmates of Attica Correctional Facility v Rockerfeller, 477 F2d 375 (2d Cir. 1973): http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F2/477/375/1514/
  2. Lon Fuller, The Case of The Speluncean Explorers: http://www.nullapoena.de/stud/explorers.html
  3. Miller v. Skumanick,  Order  [Order] (Optional: Skim Complaint [Complaint])
  4. Miller v. Skumanick,  3rd Cir. Appeal Pages: 4-11, Skim 14-21, 22-35.
  5. United States v. Dougherty 473 F.2d 1113 (D.C. Cir. 1974) condensed opinion
  6. United States v. Krzyske, 857 F.2d 1089 (6th Cir. 1988) http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/857/857.F2d.1089.85-1799.85-1760.html

[N.B. The Fuller Article and the Inmates of Attica case serve as a framework for a number of the issues we will discuss in the class].

 

(2) Search, Seizure, and “Reasonable Expectations” (Jan. 27)

  1. Katz v. U.S., 389 U.S. 347 (1967):
    http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0389_0347_ZO.html
    Harlan’s Concurrence:
  2. http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0389_0347_ZC1.html
  3. California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988):
    http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0486_0035_ZO.html
    Brennan’s Dissent: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0486_0035_ZD.html
  4. Kyllo v. U.S., 533 U.S. 27 (2001): http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-8508.ZO.html
  5. Time Magazine, Antonin Scalia, Civil Libertarian:
    http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,130509,00.html
  6. U.S. v. Camacho, 368 F3d 1182 (9th Cir. 2004): http://openjurist.org/368/f3d/1182/united-states-v-camacho
  7. Forbes, Scanner Vans Allow Drive By Snooping, http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0927/technology-x-rays-homeland-security-aclu-drive-by-snooping.html
  8. Andy Greenberg, Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed in Street-Roving Vans,http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/08/24/full-body-scan-technology-deployed-in-street-roving-vans/
  9. Opening Brief For Petitioners, EPIC v. Napolitano, http://epic.org/EPIC_Body_Scanner_OB.pdf (pp. 1-19, 31-33)
  10. Complaint, Ventura v. Napolitano, http://static.infowars.com/2011/01/i/general/Ventura_lawsuit.pdf (skim)

(3) Search and Seizure, 2.0 (Feb. 10)

  1. U.S. v. Knotts, 460 U.S. 276 (1983) (Read the Case Syllabus Only): http://supreme.justia.com/us/460/276/case.html (Optional Skim Case)
  2. U.S. v. Garcia, 474 F3d 994 (7th Cir. 2007): http://openjurist.org/474/f3d/994/united-states-v-garcia
  3. People v. Weaver, 2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 03762: [pdf] (read pp. 1-28 and fn 1 on p. 29 — n.b. page numbers are of the pdf, as each opinion has its own page numbers)
  4. Delaware v. Holden [PDF] (read pp. 1-7, 9-17)
  5. U.S. v. Pineda Moreno, 9th Cir. Opinion: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1497005.html Dissent from Denial of en banc:http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/08/12/08-30385.pdf
  6. U.S. v. Jones (2012) (read all opinions): http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1259.pdf
  7. Application for Historical Cell Site Data [PDF] (read pp. 1-4, 15 – 35, skim pp. 5-14 [Conclusions of Fact])
  8. Lily Robinton, Courting Chaos: Conflicting Guidance From Courts Highlights the Need for Clearer Rules to Govern the Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence [PDF]
  9. Optional:  Read Case Syllabus Only from U.S. v. Karo, 486 U.S. 705 (1984), http://supreme.justia.com/us/468/705/case.html


 
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