State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Primo v. Mollica and Augustine Ferrone, Defendants-Respondents

Summary

The Court held that New Jersey's constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures extends to hotel telephone billing records and that a defendant with a participatory interest in the underlying criminal activity has standing to challenge their seizure; however, the state constitution does not govern the warrantless seizure of such records by federal officers acting independently under federal law, so the suppression order is stayed and the case remanded for further determination of any agency relationship.