Payton v. New York

Holding that a New York statute "authoriz[ing] police officers to enter a private residence without a warrant and with force, if necessary, to make a routine felony arrest" was "not consistent with the Fourth Amendment"

Katz v. United States

Holding that failure to recognize a reasonable expectation of privacy in a telephone booth would "ignore the vital role that the public telephone has come to play in private communication"

Coolidge v. New Hampshire

Holding that police who obtained evidence voluntarily from a suspect's wife did not need a search warrant because the officers exerted no effort to coerce or dominate her and were not obligated to refuse her offer to take the evidence

United States v. Calandra

Holding that the exclusionary rule provides that "evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment cannot be used in a criminal proceeding against the victim of the illegal search and seizure"

Camara v. Municipal Court

Holding that "broad statutory safeguards are no substitute for individualized review, particularly when those safeguards may only be invoked at the risk of a criminal penalty"

Steagald v. United States

Holding search warrant necessary to protect privacy interests of third party whose home is searched for subject of arrest warrant

United States v. United States District Court

Holding that no warrant exception existed for "domestic security" surveillance but explicitly stating that the Court had "not addressed, and express[ed] no opinion as to, the issues which may be involved with respect to activities of foreign powers or their agents"

Andresen v. Maryland

Holding that an entire search warrant was not general and that materials related to the specific crime of false pretense could be seized, despite evidence in the record that other papers not within the scope of the warrant or otherwise improperly seized had been voluntarily returned by the state or suppressed by the district court

Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Andrx Corp.

Holding that “ ‘trademark infringement amounts to irreparable injury as a matter of law’ ” (quoting S & R Corp. v. Jiffy Lube Int'l, Inc., 968 F.2d 371, 378 (3d Cir.1992))

Berger v. New York

Holding facially unconstitutional statute authorizing issuance of orders for electronic eavesdropping without probable cause

Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders

Recognizing court's ability to enter emergency order with less than full adversary hearing and even, in appropriate circumstances, without notice

Section 2511 - Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited

Imposing a penalty on persons who “intentionally intercept ... any wire, oral, or electronic communication”

Section 1801 - Definitions

Defining "United States person" to be a "citizen of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence" or certain unincorporated associations or corporations with ties to the United States

Section 605 - Disclosure of names of persons on relief