CPSC 185: Control, Privacy and Technology
Brad Rosen (brad.rosen@yale.edu)
Spring 2026
TAs: Santiago Tobar-Potes, Nick Jones
F, 3:30-5:30, WLH 204 (or Zoom as needed)
Course Readings: Please Skim The Syllabi from 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017,2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, etc.
(1) Crazy Laws & Prosecutorial Discretion
- Inmates of Attica Correctional Facility v Rockerfeller, 477 F2d 375 (2d Cir. 1973):http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F2/477/375/1514/
- Lon Fuller, The Case of The Speluncean Explorers
- Miller v. Skumanick, Order [Order] (Optional: Skim Complaint [Complaint])
- Miller v. Skumanick, 3rd Cir. Appeal Pages: 4-11, Skim 14-21, 22-35.
- United States v. Dougherty 473 F.2d 1113 (D.C. Cir. 1974) condensed opinion
- United States v. Krzyske, 857 F.2d 1089 (6th Cir. 1988) and United States v. Krzyske, 836 F.2d 1013 (6th Cir. 1988) (read sections on jury nullification)
- Tang, Xiyin: The Perverse Logic of Teen Sexting Prosecutions (And How To Stop It)
[N.B. The Fuller Article and the Inmates of Attica case serve as a framework for a number of the issues we will discuss in the class].
2) Search, Seizure, and “Reasonable Expectations”
- Katz v. U.S., 389 U.S. 347 (1967):
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0389_0347_ZO.html
Harlan’s Concurrence: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0389_0347_ZC1.html - California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988), including Brennan’s Dissent: http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/486/35/case.html
- Kyllo v. U.S., 533 U.S. 27 (2001): http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/99-8508.ZO.html
- Florida v. Riley, 488 U.S. 445 (1989): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/488/445/case.html
- Re-read: California v. Ciraolo, 476 U.S. 207 (1986): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/476/207/ (this is from 183)
- Time Magazine, Antonin Scalia, Civil Libertarian: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,130509,00.html
- U.S. v. Camacho, 368 F3d 1182 (9th Cir. 2004): http://openjurist.org/368/f3d/1182/united-states-v-camacho
- Forbes, Scanner Vans Allow Drive By Snooping, http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0927/technology-x-rays-homeland-security-aclu-drive-by-snooping.html
- Andy Greenberg, Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed in Street-Roving Vans,http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2010/08/24/full-body-scan-technology-deployed-in-street-roving-vans/
- Raw Story, Naked-image full-body scanners to be taken out of U.S. airports, http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/18/naked-image-full-body-scanners-to-be-taken-out-of-u-s-airports/
- Washington Post, How My Shirt Flummoxed the TSA, http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/how-my-shirt-flummoxed-the-tsa/2011/09/19/gIQA2PZwqK_story.html
- Gonzalez v Schenectady, 2d Cir (Slip. Op. 2013)
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