Supreme Court declines to take up Maine lobster boat tracking appeal
Headline from Portland Press Herald
The lower court ruling allowing the GPS tracking of federally licensed lobstering boats will stand, ending the suit by Vinalhaven lobsterman Frank Thompson, who argued that it infringes on his Fourth Amendment rights.
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The case challenged federal rules that went into effect nearly three years ago, which require those with federal fishing permits to install monitors on their boats that track their location on the water.
The lower court ruling allowing the GPS tracking of federally licensed lobstering boats will stand, ending the suit by Vinalhaven lobsterman Frank Thompson, who argued that it infringes on his Fourth Amendment rights.
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