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CARPENTER v. UNITED STATES 

Syllabus 

warrant is required only in the rare case where the suspect has a le-
gitimate privacy interest in records held by a third party.  And even 
though  the  Government  will  generally  need  a  warrant  to  access 
CSLI,  case-specific  exceptions—e.g.,  exigent  circumstances—may
support a warrantless search.  Pp. 18–22.

 819 F. 3d 880, reversed and remanded. 

ROBERTS,  C. J.,  delivered  the  opinion  of  the  Court,  in  which  GINS-
BURG, BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN, JJ., joined.  KENNEDY, J., filed a 
dissenting opinion, in which THOMAS and ALITO, JJ., joined.  THOMAS, J., 
filed a dissenting opinion.  ALITO, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which 
THOMAS, J., joined.  GORSUCH, J., filed a dissenting opinion.