The management at this hotel shares the occupant list with the local sheriffs department(Lexington County, Springdale, West Columbia) so they can run the names for warrants. Violation of 4th Amendment as of 2015.
City of Los Angeles v. Patel, was a significant Fourth Amendment ruling.
Summary of the Ruling
On June 22, 2015, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, held that a Los Angeles ordinance requiring hotel operators to make their guest registries available to police officers for inspection on demand, without a warrant or an opportunity for pre-compliance judicial review, was facially unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.