Marquis v. Google SJC 12103

Whether Google's interception of e-mail is a violation of the MA Wiretap Act

Gubala v. Time Warner Cable 16-2613

Whether consumers can sue for violations of the Cable Communications Policy Act

Cahen v. Toyota Motor Corporation 16-15496

Whether drivers can sue for privacy and security vulnerabilities in connected cars

Perry v. CNN 16-13031

Whether sharing the MAC address and video viewing history collected from a free mobile app violates the Video Privacy Protection Act

Veasey v. Abbott 4-41127

Concerning the Legality of the Texas Voter Photo Identification Law

Storm v. Paytime, Inc. No. 15-3690

Concerning Whether Victims of Data Breaches Must Suffer Identity Theft or Financial Fraud In Order to Sue

Liberty v. GCHQ App No. 24960/15

Concerning Whether Alleged Surveillance Activities by MI5, MI6, and GCHQ Violated Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights

Apple v. FBI CM 16-10 (SP)

Concerning an Order Requiring Apple to Create Custom Software to Assist the FBI in Hacking a Seized iPhone

Smith v. LexisNexis Screening Solutions 15-2329

Concerning the Standard of Care for Data Brokers Providing Employment Background Checks

Utah v. Strieff 14-1373

Concerning Whether An Outstanding Arrest Warrant Attenuates the Taint of an Unlawful Detention

ACA International v. FCC 15-1211

Concerning the Federal Communication Commission's 2015 Order Interpreting of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Commonwealth v. White SJC-11917

Whether schools may turn over to the police a student's cell phone without a warrant

Spokeo, Inc v. Robins U.S. ___

Whether courts have jurisdiction to review cases brought by individuals based on violations of their federal privacy rights

United States v. Ganias 2nd Cir ___

Whether the Government violated the Fourth Amendment when they retained non-pertinent files for more than two years after the files were seized in an unrelated investigation

In re Nickelodeon 3rd Cir ____

Whether the Video Privacy Protection Act protects from disclosure personal information collected by the Nick.com website

City of Los Angeles v. Patel 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

Whether a city ordinance authorizing warrantless and suspicionless searches of hotel guest registries violates the Fourth Amendment

FTC v. Wyndham 3rd Cir. ___

Whether the FTC can enforce data security standards under its Section 5 "unfairness" authority

State v. Davis N.M. ___

Whether aerial surveillance within the super adjacent space surrounding a dependant's home is a search under the Fourth Amendment and the New Mexico Constitution

Smith v. Obama 9th Cir. ___

Whether the ongoing collection of all telephone call records of all Americans violates the Fourth Amendment

Bass v. Aitkin County 8th Cir. ___

Whether the statute of limitations under the DPPA accrues based on when the violation occurs or when it is discovered

In re National Security Letter 9th Cir. ___

Whether the nondisclosure provision in the National Security Letter statute violates the First Amendment

Riley v. California 573 U.S. ___ (2014)

Whether a warrantless search of a cell phone during an arrest violates the Fourth Amendment

Fraley v. Facebook 9th Cir. ___

Whether Facebook's proposed settlement of privacy claims arising from "Sponsored Stories" advertisements is fair and sufficient for class members

Maryland v. King 569 U. S. ___ (2013)

Concerning the Constitutionality of Mandatory DNA Collection Pre-Conviction

New York Times v. DOJ 13-422

Whether FOIA Deliberative Process Privilege Exemption Applies to Final DOJ-OLC Opinions

Jennings v. Broome U.S. Cert., 2012

Concerning the Scope of Protections for Stored E-mail Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act

McBurney v. Young 569 U. S. ___ (2013)

Concerning the Constitutionality of State FOI Disclosure Restrictions for Non-Residents

Maracich v. Spears 570 U. S. ___ (2013)

Concerning the Scope of the 'Litigation' Exception to the Drivers' Privacy Protection Act

Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l USA 568 U. S. ___ (2013)

Concerning the Standing of Public Interest Organizations, Journalists, and Lawyers to Challenge the Constitutionality of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008

Florida v. Harris 568 U. S. ___ (2013)

Whether an investigative technique that law enforcement asserts reliably identifies the presence of contraband is sufficient to satisfy the probable cause requirement of the Fourth Amendment and thereby allows routine warrantless searches.

CREW v. FEC 12-5004

What constitutes an adequate FOIA determination such that a FOIA requester who has not received such a determination from an agency within FOIA's time limits may file suit

Gordon v. Softech Int'l Inc. 726 F.3d 42

Concerning Reseller Liability for an Alleged But Undisclosed Impermissible Use of Driver Information Under the DPPA

United States v. Hamilton 701 F.3d 404 (4th Cir. 2012)

Concerning the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Personal E-Mails Stored on a Work Computer

Ben Joffe v. Google 9th Cir. ___

Concerning Google's Civil Liability Under The Wiretap Act For Interception of Wi-Fi Payload Data

State v. Earls 70 A.3d 630 (2013)

Whether the government can constitutionally obtain and use locational information from a defendant's cell phone provider to track a suspect's location without a warrant under the Fourth Amendment

In re US Application for CSLI 724 F.3d 600 (5th Cir. 2013)

Concerning the Constitutionality of the Government's Request for Historical "Cell-Site Location Information" Under Section 2703(d) of the Stored Communications Act

First American v. Edwards 567 U. S. ___ (2012)

Concerning Standing and Liquidated Damages for Federal Statutory Rights

FAA v. Cooper 566 U. S. ___ (2012)

Concerning Emotional Injury as Harm Under the Privacy Act

United States v. Jones 565 U. S. ___ (2012)

Concerning Warrantless GPS Installation and Tracking Under the Fourth Amendment

United States v. Pool 09-10303

Concerning the Constitutionality of Mandatory DNA Collection

Chicago Tribune v. Univ. of Illinois 11-2066

Concerning the Privacy of Education Records Under FERPA

Doe v. Luzerne County 660 F.3d 169 (3rd Cir. 2011)

Concerning the right of public employees to remain free from surreptitious video surveillance while undressed as they shower at their workplace

In re Google Street View 794 F. Supp. 2d 1067

Concerning Google's Civil Liability Under The Wiretap Act For Interception of Wi-Fi Payload Data

Sorrell v. IMS Health 564 U. S. ___ (2011)

Concerning the Use of Prescriber-Identifiable Data for Targeted Marketing

Tolentino v. New York 563 U. S. ___ (2011)

Concerning Suppression of Evidence Accessed After an Illegal Police Search

FCC v. AT&T; 562 U. S. ___ (2011)

Does FOIA give corporations the same personal privacy rights as natural born people?

NASA v. Nelson 562 U. S. 134 (2011)

Concerning Informational Privacy for Federal Contract Employees

G.D. v. Kenny 15 A. 3d 300, 205 NJ 275

Concerning preserving the value of expungement

Doe v. Reed 561 U. S. 186 (2010)

Concerning the Compelled Disclosure of Petition Signatures

SEC v. Galleon 622 F.3d 159 (2d Cir. 2010)

Whether an individual is required to turn over more than 18,000 wiretapped conversations acquired by the government in a criminal case when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compels the disclosure of such material in a separate but related civil case

City of Ontario v. Quon 560 U. S. 746 (2010)

Concerning Text Messaging Privacy in the Workplace

Harris v. Blockbuster 622 F.Supp.2d 396

Concerning the Substitution of Privacy Rights by Arbitration

Ostergren v. Cuccinelli 615 F.3d 263, 272 (4th Cir. 2010)

Concerning the Publication of Social Security Numbers

Google Books Settlement 05 CIV 8136

Concerning the Google Books Settlement

Commonwealth v. Connolly 454 Mass. 808 (2009)

Concerning GPS Tracking of a Vehicle as a "Search and Seizure"

Flores-Figueroa v. United States 556 U. S. 646 (2009)

Concerning Proper Application of the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act

Bunnell v. MPAA 567 F.Supp.2d 1148 (2008)

Whether the Wiretap Act protects e-mail messages in circumstances when the messages are briefly stored while they pass through mail servers.

Herring v. United States 555 U. S. 135 (2009)

Concerning a Faulty Arrest Based on Incorrect Information in a Government Database

NCTA v. FCC 555 F.3d 996 (D.C. Cir. 2009)

Concerning Privacy of Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI)

Crawford v. Marion County 553 U. S. 181 (2008)

Concerning Photo Identification Requirements for Voters

IMS Health v. Ayotte 550 F.3d 42 (2008)

Concerning the Use of Prescriber-Identifiable Data for Targeted Marketing

New Jersey v. Reid 194 N.J. 386, 954 A.2d 503 (N.J. 2008)

Concerning ISP subscriber privacy

Hepting v. AT&T;

Concerning NSA Warrantless Domestic Spying Program

In re Marriage of [Redacted]

Telephone record privacy

Johnson v. Quander U.S. Cert., 2006

Concerning DNA collection

Peterson v. NTIA 06-1548

Concerning Privacy for Domain Name Holders

ACLU v. DOD 05-6286

Concerning Freedom of Information Act Exemption 7(F)

Nelson v. Salem State College 446 Mass. 525

Concerning employee privacy in the state workplace

Kohler v. Englade 470 F. 3d 1104 (5th Cir. 2006)

Concerning DNA Dragnets

Gonzales v. Doe 449 F. 3d 415 (2nd Cir. 2006)

Concerning National Security Letters

Forensic Advisors, Inc. v. Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. 907 A.2d 855 (2006)

Concerning Subscriber List Privacy

United States v. Councilman 03-1383

Concerning whether email can be "intercepted" in violation of federal wiretap law while it is temporarily stored on an email server

ABA v. Brown 04-16334

Concerning federal preemption of state privacy laws

Kehoe v. Fidelity Bank 421 F.3d 1209 (11th Cir. 2005)

Concerning the Driver's Privacy Protection Act

Gilmore v. Gonzales 435 F.3d 1125 (9th Cir. 2006)

Concerning Secret Law

United States v. Kincade 379 F.3d 813 (9th Cir. 2004)

Concerning DNA collection

Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Ct. of Nev., Humbolt County 542 U. S. 177 (2004)

Whether an individual who has not been arrested may refuse to identify himself to a law enforcement officer

Doe v. Chao 540 U. S. 614 (2004)

Concerning whether a person should be required to prove actual damages to obtain relief under the Privacy Act

RIAA v. Verizon 351 F.3d 1229 (D.D.C. 2003)

Concerning Copyright Subpoena Privacy

BATF v. Chicago U.S. Cert., 2003

Concerning the Freedom of Information Act

In re Sealed Case 310 F.3d 717 (2002)

Smith v. Doe 538 U. S. 84 (2003)

Concerning Megan's Law

United States v. Bach 310 F.3d 1063, 1066 (8th Cir. 2002)

Concerning service of a warrant by fax

Remsburg v. Docusearch 149 NH 148 (2003)

Paramount Pictures v. ReplayTV CV 01-09358 FMC

Concerning Electronic Surveillance of TV Usage

Watchtower Bible v. Stratton 536 U. S. 150 (2002)

Concerning Anonymity and the First Amendment

US West v. FCC U.S. Cert. 2000

Concerning Telephone Subscriber Privacy

Bernstein v. U.S. Dept of Commerce 97-16686

Concerning Crypto Export Controls

Reno v. Condon 528 U. S. 141 (2000)

Concerning whether the Driver Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits the disclosure of personally identifiable information and motor vehicle records by public agencies and private persons, was an unconstitutional breach of federalism principles.

Junger v. Daley 209 F.3d 481 (6th Cir. 2000)

Concerning Crypto Export Controls