Court Opinion

ID: 9883112
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 01:37:22.167806+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:21.374660
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Mr. Justice Marshall,
dissenting.
I am convinced that the correct view of the Fourth Amendment in the area of electronic surveillance is one that brings the safeguards of the warrant requirement to bear on the investigatory activity involved in this case. In this regard I agree with the dissents of Mr. Justice *796Douglas and Me. Justice Harlan. In short, I believe that On Lee v. United States, 343 U. S. 747 (1952), cannot be considered viable in light of the constitutional principles articulated in Katz v. United States, 389 U. S. 347 (1967), and other cases. And for reasons expressed by Mr. Justice Fortas in dissent in Desist v. United States, 394 U. S. 244, 269 (1969), I do not think we should feel constrained to employ a discarded theory of the Fourth Amendment in evaluating the governmental intrusions challenged here.