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<case id="50784" source="Oyez API" schema="simple-legal-case-xml-v1"><name>United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan</name><docketNumber>70-153</docketNumber><term>1971</term><court><name>Burger Court (1972-1975)</name><identifier>burger4</identifier><href>https://api.oyez.org/courts/burger4</href></court><parties><firstParty role="Petitioner">United States</firstParty><secondParty role="Respondent">United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan</secondParty></parties><dates><date type="argued">1972-02-24</date><date type="decided">1972-06-19</date></dates><citation><volume>407</volume><page>297</page><year>1972</year><href>https://api.oyez.org/case_citation/case_citation/14712</href><justia_url>https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/407/297/</justia_url></citation><jurisdiction>Writ of <i>certiorari</i></jurisdiction><facts><html><p>Investigating three people it suspected of conspiring to destroy government property and bombing a Central Intelligence Agency office, officials used electronic surveillance to record suspects' conversations. The wiretapping was conducted without a search warrant.</p>
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</html><text>Investigating three people it suspected of conspiring to destroy government property and bombing a Central Intelligence Agency office, officials used electronic surveillance to record suspects' conversations. The wiretapping was conducted without a search warrant.</text></facts><questions /><conclusion><html><p>The Court held government officials were obligated to obtain a warrant before beginning electronic surveillance even if domestic security issues were involved. The "inherent vagueness of the domestic security concept" and the potential for abusing it to quell political dissent made the Fourth Amendment protections especially important when the government engaged in spying on its own citizens.</p>
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</html><text>The Court held government officials were obligated to obtain a warrant before beginning electronic surveillance even if domestic security issues were involved. The "inherent vagueness of the domestic security concept" and the potential for abusing it to quell political dissent made the Fourth Amendment protections especially important when the government engaged in spying on its own citizens.</text></conclusion><advocates><advocate for="Argued the cause for the respondents Sinclair et al"><name>Arthur Kinoy</name><href>https://api.oyez.org/people/arthur_kinoy</href></advocate><advocate for="Argued the cause for the United States"><name>Robert C. Mardian</name><href>https://api.oyez.org/people/robert_c_mardian</href></advocate><advocate for="Argued the cause for the respondents the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan et al"><name>William T. Gossett</name><href>https://api.oyez.org/people/william_t_gossett</href></advocate></advocates><decisions><decision type="majority opinion" winning_party=""><description /><votes majority="8" minority=""><vote opinion_type="concurrence" vote="majority" seniority="2"><justice>William O. Douglas</justice><justice_href>https://api.oyez.org/people/william_o_douglas</justice_href></vote><vote opinion_type="none" vote="majority" seniority="4"><justice>Potter Stewart</justice><justice_href>https://api.oyez.org/people/potter_stewart</justice_href></vote><vote opinion_type="none" vote="majority" seniority="6"><justice>Thurgood Marshall</justice><justice_href>https://api.oyez.org/people/thurgood_marshall</justice_href></vote><vote opinion_type="none" vote="majority" seniority="3"><justice>William J. Brennan, Jr.</justice><justice_href>https://api.oyez.org/people/william_j_brennan_jr</justice_href></vote><vote opinion_type="special concurrence" vote="majority" seniority="5"><justice>Byron R. White</justice><justice_href>https://api.oyez.org/people/byron_r_white</justice_href></vote><vote opinion_type="none" vote="majority" seniority="1"><justice>Warren E. Burger</justice><justice_href>https://api.oyez.org/people/warren_e_burger</justice_href></vote><vote opinion_type="none" vote="majority" seniority="7"><justice>Harry A. Blackmun</justice><justice_href>https://api.oyez.org/people/harry_a_blackmun</justice_href></vote><vote opinion_type="majority" vote="majority" seniority="8"><justice>Lewis F. Powell, Jr.</justice><justice_href>https://api.oyez.org/people/lewis_f_powell_jr</justice_href></vote><vote opinion_type="none" vote="none" seniority="9"><justice>William H. Rehnquist</justice><justice_href>https://api.oyez.org/people/william_h_rehnquist</justice_href></vote></votes></decision></decisions><source><href>https://api.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-153</href><raw_file>D:\PyCharm Community Edition 2024.3.1.1\PythonProject\IBM Z Datathon\json_data\api.oyez.org_cases_1971_70-153.json</raw_file></source></case> |
