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Sixth Circuit· 2/22/2008

Wilson v. Collins

Citations

  • 517 F.3d 421
  • 2008 WL 465363

How courts have described this case

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

  • refusing to confine Samson to situations in which a suspicionless search is expressly authorized by a parole agreement
  • rejecting contention that indefinite retention of DNA profile in CODIS system violated a person’s legitimate privacy interests
  • rejecting contention that indefinite retention of DNA profile in CODIS system violated a person's legitimate privacy interests
  • “The hypothetical possibility of some future abuse does not substantiate a justiciable controversy.”
  • “Such Fourth Amendment challenges have been uniformly rejected by the courts, as the government’s compelling interests in crime control have consistently been deemed to outweigh the plaintiffs’ diminished privacy interests.”
  • upholding DNA collection from convicted felons

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Judges: Daughtrey, McKeague, Gwin

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