Cowles v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that when employee’s desk was open to public view, surveillance of it by hidden video camera did not violate employee’s reasonable expectation of privacy
• noting that “placing a hidden video camera in a house in order to record activities there without a warrant is prohibited just as is a warrantless entry to search for evidence”
• “Activities that are open to public observation are not generally protected by the Fourth Amendment [or article I, section 14].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hernandez v. Hillsides, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2009-08-03· cited 100×
• In Re the Adoption of Erin G.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2006-08-04· cited 19×
• State v. Murtagh
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-10-26· cited 12×
• James Henry Perozzo v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2021-07-09· cited 1×
• John William McKelvey III v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2020-09-04· cited 1×
• State of Alaska v. John William Mckelvey III
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2024-03-08

Cites

51 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Katz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 13,304×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Chimel v. California
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 6,512×
• United States v. Robinson
  Supreme Court· 1973-12-11· cited 3,538×
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
  Supreme Court· 1969-02-24· cited 3,241×
• United States v. Rabinowitz
  Supreme Court· 1950-02-20· cited 2,080×
• McDonald v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1948-12-20· cited 1,736×
• Marks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-01· cited 1,664×
• California v. Ciraolo
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 1,253×
• National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab
  Supreme Court· 1989-03-21· cited 1,188×
• United States v. White
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-17· cited 1,155×
• O'CONNOR v. Ortega
  Supreme Court· 1987-03-31· cited 1,069×
• Lewis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-01-09· cited 885×
• Mancusi v. DeForte
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 745×
• Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-11· cited 642×
• Maryland v. MacOn
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-17· cited 625×
• Bond v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-17· cited 413×
• Florida v. Riley
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-03· cited 345×
• Hector Vega-Rodriguez v. Puerto Rico Telephone Company
  First Circuit· 1997-04-08· cited 288×
• State v. Hempele
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1990-07-17· cited 216×