FC: Federal appeals court sides with police in BBS search and seizure

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

See also:
FBI is investigating an alleged "Black Bloc" threat sent to Politech (July 4, 2001)

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Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 18:50:56 -0400
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
From: "Lynne L. Harrison" <lharrison@dueprocess.com>
Subject: Guest v. Leis

Declan-

Thought you might find this case interesting - seizure case involving an 
online bulletin board.

GUEST v. LEIS, No 99-4115, 99-4176 (6th Cir. July 02, 2001)
Government officials have Eleventh Amendment immunity from liability for 
seizure of materials commingled on a criminal suspect's computer with 
allegedly criminal evidence despite the Privacy Protection Act, 42 USC 
2000aa(a), and third-party standing under the Fourth Amendment.

To read the full text of this opinion, go to:
http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/6th/01a0206p.html


Lynne

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