City Of Ontario v. Quon: United States Supreme Court Rejects Police Officer's Lawsuit Claiming That City's Review Of His Personal Text Messages Was An Illegal Search

By Kelli Sager, Jeffrey Fisher, Rochelle Wilcox, and John (Rory) Eastburg The United States Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that a California city’s audit of a police officer’s text messages was reasonable, and rejected a lawsuit claiming that the review violated the Fourth Amendment.  At the same time, the Court declined to issue “[a] broad holding concerning employees’ privacy expectations vis-à-vis employer-provided technological equipment,” on the ground that such a ruling “might have implications for future cases that cannot be predicted.”  Read more at www.dwt.com/LearningCenter, or click here.