Smith v. Maryland

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Smith v. Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 28, 1979 Decided June 20, 1979
Full case name: Michael Lee Smith v. Maryland Citations: 442 U.S. 735; 99 S. Ct. 2577; 61 L. Ed. 2d 220; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 134 Prior history: Cert. to the Court of Appeals of Maryland
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens
Case opinions
Majority by: Blackmun Joined by: Burger, White, Rehnquist, Stevens Dissent by: Stewart Joined by: Brennan Dissent by: Marshall Joined by: Brennan Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979)^[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the installation and use of the pen register was not a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and hence no warrant was required.

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1. ^ 442 U.S. 735 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.