Charles Katz

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Charles Katz was the defendant whose challenge to FBI wiretapping led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Katz v. United States, which redefined Fourth Amendment protections for privacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
criminal defendant
person
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
areaOfLaw constitutional law
concerns right to privacy
search and seizure
wiretapping by law enforcement
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate 1967
hasInfluenceOn electronic surveillance law in the United States
modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence
privacy rights in the United States
subsequent Supreme Court search-and-seizure cases
hasPetitioner Charles Katz NERFINISHED
hasRespondent United States NERFINISHED
hasRole petitioner in a U.S. Supreme Court case
holding the Fourth Amendment protects people, not places
warrantless wiretapping of a public phone booth violated the Fourth Amendment
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
knownFor helping establish the reasonable expectation of privacy test
legalClaim that FBI wiretapping without a warrant violated the Fourth Amendment
legalPrinciple reasonable expectation of privacy
notableFor being the defendant in Katz v. United States
partyTo Katz v. United States NERFINISHED
significantEvent FBI wiretapping of his conversations in a public phone booth
arrest and prosecution based on recorded phone conversations
subjectOf Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED

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Katz v. United States petitioner Charles Katz