United States v. Cotterman
| United States v. Cotterman | |
|---|---|
| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Decided | March 8, 2013 |
| Citation | Docket No. 09-10139 |
| Case history | |
| Prior actions | |
| Appealed to | Supreme Court of the United States |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Kozinski, C.J, Thomas, McKeown, Wardlaw, Fisher, Gould, Clifton, Callahan, Smith Jr., Murguia, Christen, Cir. Js. |
| Case opinions | |
| Reasonable suspicion is required to subject a computer seized at the border to forensic examination. | |
| Keywords | |
| Border search exception Fourth Amendment Motion to suppress Reasonable suspicion Search and seizure | |
United States v. Cotterman, (9th Cir. en banc 2013), is a United States court case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that property, such as a laptop and other electronic storage devices, presented for inspection when entering the United States at the border may not be subject to forensic examination without a reason for suspicion, a holding that weakened the border search exception of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.