A 1928 Supreme Court decision held that wiretapping did not constitute search and seizure of telephone messages and therefore did not come under the protection of the

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The 1928 Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. United States held that wiretapping was not considered a search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. This decision was later overturned by the Supreme Court in Katz v. United States (1967), which expanded the protection of the Fourth Amendment to include electronic surveillance.

A 1928 Supreme Court Decision Held That Wiretapping Did Not