US vs Maynard
In the US vs Maynard case, Jones argued that the GPS evidence gathered 24 hours a day for four weeks violated the 4th amendment, which protects from unreasonable search and seizure. He alleges that the surveillance was a search as it had violated his privacy as surveillance over such a long time reveals details about his personal life and violates his reasonable expectation of privacy.
Therefore, in this case, the court ruled that the warrantless use of GPS tracking for a month was a search. In this case, I think that the courts made the right decision, as if they would've allowed this, then any citizen of the US could be legally tracked by the government 24 hours for an extended period of time without a warrant. That would be a violation of a persons privacy.
US vs Cuevas-Perez
In this case, Cuevas-Perez argued that, the GPS evidence gathered over a period of 60 hours for one trip was a search and violated his 4th amendment rights. The courts,referring to the Knotts case, GPS tracking was not a search and since the sruveillance was only over a period of 60 hours and a single trip, it was admitted.
This case was admitted as this case would allow police to legally track criminals but only over a shorter period of time.