New York - New York’s top court is set to hear arguments in
a New York Civil Liberties Union lawsuit filed on behalf of a state labor
department worker who was fired after investigators used a GPS device to track
his car and show he falsified time sheets.
Since that 2008 investigation, the court has struck down the
state police use of GPS to track suspects unless officers get a warrant. That
ruling overturned two lower court decisions.
The pending lawsuit claims use of the electronic device on
Michael Cunningham’s personal car was unconstitutional and too intrusive to be
justified by the limited warrant exception for searches of government
employees.
A divided midlevel court denied his request to suppress the
GPS evidence.
The Court of Appeals will hear the case Wednesday.
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