Having co-authored what would become one of the most influential essays in the history of American law, Brandeis remained a stalwart champion of the right to privacy during his tenure as a member of the Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939. Thus, in his famous dissent in Olmstead v. United States (1928), Brandeis defined the "right to be let alone" as "the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized men.