Supreme Court Strikes Down Law That Required Hotels To Comply With Warrantless Police Requests For Guest Registries
On June 22, 2015, in a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court in City of Los Angeles v. Patel struck down a Los Angeles Municipal Code that required hotel operators to provide guest registries to police upon demand, and without a warrant. Under the ordinance, a hotel operator who refused to turn over registries could […]
