Decided

No. 17-2

United States v. Microsoft Corporation

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

See other cases from the Second Circuit.

Docket Entries

The record from the U.S.D.C. Southern Dist. of New York has been returned.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam.

Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018.

Response to motion to vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand the case with directions to dismiss as moot from respondent Microsoft Corporation filed.

Motion to vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals and remand the case with directions to dismiss as moot filed by petitioner United States.

Argued. For petitioner: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: E. Joshua Rosenkranz, New York, N. Y.

Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Digital Rights Ireland Limited and the Open Rights Group filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Jan Philipp Albrecht, Sophie in ’t Veld, Viviane Reding, Birgit Sippel, and Axel Voss filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of International and Extraterritorial Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Fourth Amendment Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of DIGITALEUROPE, BITKOM, TECH IN France, Syntec Numerique, and Other European National Trade Organizations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of InternetLab Law and Technology Center filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of EU Data Protection and Privacy Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of 12 Business and Consumer Associations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Policing Project at New York University School of Law filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of International Business Machines Corporation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Technology Companies filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of European Company Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Privacy International, Human and Digital Rights Organizations, and International Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Gesellschaft fur Freiheitsrechte e.V. filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the U.S.D.C. Southern District of New York is electronic and located on PACER, with the exception of 1 envelope of Sealed Documents.

Brief amicus curiae of 51 Computer Scientists filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, TechFreedom, American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research filed. (Distributed)

Record received from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit is electronic.

Brief amici curiae of Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V., Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag e.V., Ibec clg, Konfederacja Lewiatan, and Mouvement des Enterprises de France filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Microsoft Corporation filed. (Distributed)

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.

CIRCULATED

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Brief amicus curiae of Ireland in support of neither party filed.

Brief amicus curiae of U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Joseph Cannataci in support of neither partyfiled.

Brief amicus curiae of European Commission on Behalf of the European Union in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Law Enforcement, National Security, and Intelligence Officials in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of The States of Vermont, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner in support of neither party filed.

Brief amici curiae of Electronic Discovery Institute, et al., in support of neither party filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Brief of petitioner United States filed.

Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, United States

Blanket Consent filed by respondent, Microsoft Corporation.

The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 11, 2018.

The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 6, 2017.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2017.

Supplemental brief of respondent Microsoft Corporation filed. (Distributed)

Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017.

Brief of respondent Microsoft Corporation in opposition filed.

Brief amici curiae of The States of Vermont, et al. filed.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 28, 2017.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 27, 2017)

Application (16A972) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until June 23, 2017.

Application (16A972) to extend further the time from May 24, 2017 to June 23, 2017, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.

Application (16A972) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until May 24, 2017.

Application (16A972) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 24, 2017 to May 24, 2017, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.

Parties

Amici Curiae

12 Business and Consumer Associations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew John Pincus

51 Computer Scientists, Amicus Curiae, represented by John D. Vandenberg Sr.

Brennan Center for Justice, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Restore the Fourth, and the R Street Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brett Johnston Williamson

Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V., Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag e.V., Ibec clg, Konfederacja Lewiatan, and Mouvement des Enterprises de France, Amicus Curiae, represented by Saad Gul

Competitive Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, TechFreedom, American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research, Amicus Curiae, represented by James W. Harper

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nowell David Beckett Bamberger

Digitaleurope, Bitkom, Tech In France, Syntech Numérique, and Other European National Trade Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilana Hope Eisenstein

Digital Rights Ireland Limited and the Open Rights Group, Amicus Curiae, represented by Owen C. Pell

Electronic Discovery Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by David Jason Kessler

Electronic Privacy Information Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Marc Rotenberg

EU Data Protection and Privacy Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel Martin Sullivan

European Commission, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adam G. Unikowsky

European Company Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan I. Blackman

Former Law Enforcement, National Security, and Intelligence Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gus P. Coldebella

Fourth Amendment Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael A. Vatis

Gesellschaft Fur Freiheitsrechte e.V., Amicus Curiae, represented by Owen C. Pell

Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald I Baker

International and Extraterritorial Law Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joseph Carl Cecere

International Business Machines Corporation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul D. Clement

InternetLab Law and Technology Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Amy Lynn Neuhardt

Ireland, Amicus Curiae, represented by Thomas Jude Goodwin

Jan Philipp Albrecht, Sophie in ’t Veld, Viviane Reding, Birgit Sippel, and Axel Voss, Amicus Curiae, represented by Owen C. Pell

Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael Evan Bern

Policing Project at New York University School of Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric F. Citron

Privacy International, Human and Digital Rights Organizations, and International Legal Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian Michael Willen

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Bruce David Brown

Technology Companies, Amicus Curiae, represented by Marc J. Zwillinger

The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner, Amicus Curiae, represented by Allyson Ho

The States of Vermont, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin Daniel Battles

U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Joseph Cannataci, Amicus Curiae, represented by Vivek Krishnamurthy

Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard A. Samp

 
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