Katz v. United States: The Limits of the Fourth Amendment

Date

1968

Citation

Edmund W. Kitch, <em>Katz v. United States</em>: The Limits of the Fourth Amendment, 1968 Supreme Court Review 133–152 (1968).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Edmund W. Kitch

John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program

Intellectual Property

Center for Public Law and Political Economy

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