City To 7th Circuit: Smart Electric Meters Do Not Violate 4th Amendment

(May 23, 2017, 10:05 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — In a May 15 brief, the city of Naperville, Ill., argues that newly installed advanced, or “smart,” electric meters do not violate any privacy interests of city residents, asking the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to affirm a trial court’s finding that the meters do not present any violations of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Naperville Smart Meter Awareness v. City of Naperville, No. 16-3766, 7th Cir.)....