This story is essential because it discusses privacy and the rare occasion of a judge ruling against the government as it pertains to searches in cyberspace. Usually the government gets significant deference in the law enforcement contexts, with many immunity doctrines. However, the judge here thought that getting the data for thousands of people off a cell tower would constitute a search, yet they let the police have the data in this one opportunity. However, this precedent is extremely positive because going forward, police, probably around the nation, may be a little skeptical about getting a cell tower dump without having enough evidence to convince a judge that they need that information.
