| No. 17-2 | |
| Title: | United States, Petitioner v. Microsoft Corporation |
| Docketed: | June 27, 2017 |
| Linked with 16A972 | |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (14-2985) |
| Decision Date: | July 14, 2016 |
| Rehearing Denied: | January 24, 2017 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Apr 12 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. |
| Apr 12 2017 | Application (16A972) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until May 24, 2017. |
| May 12 2017 | Application (16A972) to extend further the time from May 24, 2017 to June 23, 2017, submitted to Justice Ginsburg. |
| May 15 2017 | Application (16A972) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until June 23, 2017. |
| Jun 23 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 27, 2017) |
| Jul 20 2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 28, 2017. |
| Jul 27 2017 | Brief amici curiae of The States of Vermont, et al. filed. |
| Aug 28 2017 | Brief of respondent Microsoft Corporation in opposition filed. |
| Sep 13 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017. |
| Sep 13 2017 | Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed) |
| Sep 15 2017 | Supplemental brief of respondent Microsoft Corporation filed. (Distributed) |
| Oct 10 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/13/2017. |
| Oct 16 2017 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Nov 01 2017 | The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 11, 2018. |
| Nov 01 2017 | The time to file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 6, 2017. |
| Nov 09 2017 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, United States |
| Nov 09 2017 | Blanket Consent filed by respondent, Microsoft Corporation. |
| Dec 06 2017 | Brief of petitioner United States filed. |
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| Dec 06 2017 | Joint appendix filed. |
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| Dec 13 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Former Law Enforcement, National Security, and Intelligence Officials in support of neither party filed. |
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| Dec 13 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of European Commission on Behalf of the European Union in support of neither party filed. |
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| Dec 13 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner in support of neither party filed. |
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| Dec 13 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in support of neither party filed. |
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| Dec 13 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Discovery Institute, et al., in support of neither party filed. |
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| Dec 13 2017 | Brief amici curiae of The States of Vermont, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 13 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Ireland in support of neither party filed. |
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| Dec 13 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Joseph Cannataci in support of neither partyfiled. |
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| Dec 20 2017 | SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, February 27, 2018 |
| Jan 05 2018 | CIRCULATED |
| Jan 10 2018 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit. |
| Jan 11 2018 | 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) |
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| Jan 11 2018 | Brief of respondent Microsoft Corporation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 17 2018 | 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. |
| Jan 17 2018 | Record received from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit is electronic. |
| Jan 17 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of 51 Computer Scientists filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 17 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, TechFreedom, American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of International and Extraterritorial Law Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of 12 Business and Consumer Associations filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of EU Data Protection and Privacy Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Policing Project at New York University School of Law filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Technology Companies filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Jan Philipp Albrecht, Sophie in ’t Veld, Viviane Reding, Birgit Sippel, and Axel Voss filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of DIGITALEUROPE, BITKOM, TECH IN France, Syntec Numerique, and Other European National Trade Organizations filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of International Business Machines Corporation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Privacy International, Human and Digital Rights Organizations, and International Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
| Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of European Company Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Fourth Amendment Scholars filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of InternetLab Law and Technology Center filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amici curiae of Digital Rights Ireland Limited and the Open Rights Group filed. (Distributed) |
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| Jan 18 2018 | Brief amicus curiae of Gesellschaft fur Freiheitsrechte e.V. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 12 2018 | Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed) |
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| Feb 27 2018 | Argued. For petitioner: Michael R. Dreeben, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: E. Joshua Rosenkranz, New York, N. Y. |
| Mar 23 2018 | Letter of petitioner United States advising the Court of newly enacted legislation filed. (Distributed) |
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| Mar 30 2018 | 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. |
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| Apr 03 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. |
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| Apr 04 2018 | Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018. |
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| Apr 17 2018 | Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam. |
| May 21 2018 | JUDGMENT ISSUED. |
| Aug 29 2018 | The record from the U.S.D.C. Southern Dist. of New York has been returned. |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Noel J. Francisco Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| E. Joshua Rosenkranz Counsel of Record | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 jrosenkranz@orrick.com | (212)-506-5000 |
| Party name: Microsoft Corporation | ||
| Other | ||
| Donald I Baker Counsel of Record | Baker & Miller PLLC 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20037 dbaker@bakerandmiller.com | 202-663-7820 |
| Party name: Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| Nowell David Beckett Bamberger Counsel of Record | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20006 nbamberger@cgsh.com | 2029741752 |
| Party name: Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe | ||
| Benjamin Daniel Battles Counsel of Record | Office of the Attorney General 109 State Street Montpelier, VT 05609 benjamin.battles@vermont.gov | (802) 828-5500 |
| Party name: The States of Vermont, et al. | ||
| Michael Evan Bern Counsel of Record | Latham & Watkins, LLP 555 11th Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20004-1304 michael.bern@lw.com | 202-637-1021 |
| Party name: Members of Congress | ||
| Jonathan I. Blackman Counsel of Record | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP One Liberty Plaza New York, NY 10006-0000 jblackman@cgsh.com | 212-225-2490 |
| Party name: European Company Lawyers Association | ||
| Bruce David Brown Counsel of Record | Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press 1156 15th St NW Suite 1250 Washington, DC 20005 bbrown@rcfp.org | (202) 795-9300 |
| Party name: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. | ||
| Joseph Carl Cecere Counsel of Record | Cecere, PC 6035 McCommas Blvd. Dallas, TX 75206 ccecere@cecerepc.com | 469-600-9455 |
| Party name: International and Extraterritorial Law Scholars | ||
| Eric F. Citron Counsel of Record | Goldstein & Russell, P.C. 7475 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 850 Bethesda, MD 20814 ecitron@goldsteinrussell.com | 301-857-1005 |
| Party name: Policing Project at New York University School of Law | ||
| Paul D. Clement Counsel of Record | Kirkland & Ellis LLP 655 Fifteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 paul.clement@kirkland.com | 2028795000 |
| Party name: International Business Machines Corporation | ||
| Gus P. Coldebella Counsel of Record | Fish & Richardson P.C. One Marina Park Drive Boston, MA 02210 coldebella@fr.com | 617-542-5070 |
| Party name: Former Law Enforcement, National Security, and Intelligence Officials | ||
| Ilana Hope Eisenstein Counsel of Record | DLA Piper LLP (US) One Liberty Place 1650 Market Street, Suite 4900 Philadelphia, PA 19109 ilana.eisenstein@dlapiper.com | 215-6563300 |
| Party name: Digitaleurope, Bitkom, Tech In France, Syntech Numérique, and Other European National Trade Organizations | ||
| Thomas Jude Goodwin Counsel of Record | McCarter & English, LLP Four Gateway Center 100 Mulberry Street Newark, NJ 07102 tgoodwin@mccarter.com | 973-622-4444 |
| Party name: Ireland | ||
| Saad Gul Counsel of Record | Poyner Spruill LLP 301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900 Raleigh, NC 27601 sgul@poynerspruill.com | 9197831170 |
| Party name: Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V., Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag e.V., Ibec clg, Konfederacja Lewiatan, and Mouvement des Enterprises de France | ||
| James W. Harper Counsel of Record | Competitive Enterprise Institute 1310 L St., NW, 7th Fl. Washington, DC 20005 jimharperdc@earthlink.net | 202-331-1010 |
| Party name: Competitive Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, TechFreedom, American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research | ||
| Allyson Ho Counsel of Record | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75201 aho@gibsondunn.com | 214-698-3233 |
| Party name: The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner | ||
| David Jason Kessler Counsel of Record | Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 1031 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6022 david.kessler@nortonrosefulbright.com | 212-318-3382 |
| Party name: Electronic Discovery Institute, et al. | ||
| Vivek Krishnamurthy Counsel of Record | Wasserstein Hall, Suite 5018 1585 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 vkrishnamurthy@law.harvard.edu | 617-384-9125 |
| Party name: U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Joseph Cannataci | ||
| Amy Lynn Neuhardt Counsel of Record | Boies Schiller Flexner LLP 1401 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20015 aneuhardt@bsfllp.com | 2022372727 |
| Party name: InternetLab Law and Technology Center | ||
| Owen C. Pell Counsel of Record | White & Case LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1095 opell@whitecase.com | 212-819-8891 |
| Party name: Jan Philipp Albrecht, Sophie in ’t Veld, Viviane Reding, Birgit Sippel, and Axel Voss | ||
| Owen C. Pell Counsel of Record | White & Case LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 opell@whitecase.com | 212-819-8200 |
| Party name: Digital Rights Ireland Limited and the Open Rights Group | ||
| Owen C. Pell Counsel of Record | White & Case LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 opell@whitecase.com | 212-819-8200 |
| Party name: Gesellschaft Fur Freiheitsrechte e.V. | ||
| Andrew John Pincus Counsel of Record | Mayer Brown LLP 1999 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 apincus@mayerbrown.com | 202-263-3220 |
| Party name: 12 Business and Consumer Associations | ||
| Marc Rotenberg Counsel of Record | Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) 1718 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20009 rotenberg@epic.org | 202-415-6788 |
| Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center | ||
| Richard A. Samp Counsel of Record | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036-0000 rsamp@wlf.org | 202-588-0302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Daniel Martin Sullivan Counsel of Record | Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP 750 Seventh Avenue, 26th Floor New York, NY 10024 dsullivan@hsgllp.com | 646-837-5151 |
| Party name: EU Data Protection and Privacy Scholars | ||
| Adam G. Unikowsky Counsel of Record | Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue, NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 AUnikowsky@jenner.com | 202-639-6041 |
| Party name: European Commission | ||
| John D. Vandenberg Sr. Counsel of Record | Klarquist Sparkman, LLP 121 S.W. Salmon Street Suite 1600 Portland, OR 97204 john.vandenberg@klarquist.com | 503-595-5300 |
| Party name: 51 Computer Scientists | ||
| Michael A. Vatis Counsel of Record | Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 mvatis@steptoe.com | 212-206-3900 |
| Party name: Fourth Amendment Scholars | ||
| Brian Michael Willen Counsel of Record | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor New York, NY 10019-6022 bwillen@wsgr.com | (212) 999-5800 |
| Party name: Privacy International, Human and Digital Rights Organizations, and International Legal Scholars | ||
| Brett Johnston Williamson Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers LLP Times Square Tower Seven Times Square New York, NY 10036 bwilliamson@omm.com | 212-326-2000 |
| Party name: Brennan Center for Justice, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Restore the Fourth, and the R Street Institute | ||
| Marc J. Zwillinger Counsel of Record | Zwillgen PLLC 1900 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 marc@zwillgen.com | 202-296-3585 |
| Party name: Technology Companies | ||