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
 
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 the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits is extended to and including December 6, 2017.
Nov 01 2017 The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 11, 2018.
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.
Dec 06 2017 Joint appendix filed.
Dec 13 2017 Brief amici curiae of Former Law Enforcement, National Security, and Intelligence Officials in support of neither party filed.
Dec 13 2017 Brief amicus curiae of European Commission on Behalf of the European Union in support of neither party filed.
Dec 13 2017 Brief amici curiae of Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in support of neither party filed.
Dec 13 2017 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Discovery Institute, et al., in support of neither party filed.
Dec 13 2017 Brief amicus curiae of The New Zealand Privacy Commissioner in support of neither party filed.
Dec 13 2017 Brief amici curiae of The States of Vermont, et al. filed.
Dec 13 2017 Brief amicus curiae of Ireland in support of neither party filed.
Dec 13 2017 Brief amicus curiae of U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Joseph Cannataci in support of neither partyfiled.
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)
Jan 11 2018 Brief of respondent Microsoft Corporation filed. (Distributed)
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)
Jan 17 2018 Brief amici curiae of Competitive Enterprise Institute, Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, TechFreedom, American Consumer Institute Center for Citizen Research filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Policing Project at New York University School of Law filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of 12 Business and Consumer Associations filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of EU Data Protection and Privacy Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of InternetLab Law and Technology Center filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of DIGITALEUROPE, BITKOM, TECH IN France, Syntec Numerique, and Other European National Trade Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of Fourth Amendment Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of International and Extraterritorial Law Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of Jan Philipp Albrecht, Sophie in ’t Veld, Viviane Reding, Birgit Sippel, and Axel Voss filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of Digital Rights Ireland Limited and the Open Rights Group filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amicus curiae of Gesellschaft fur Freiheitsrechte e.V. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of Privacy International, Human and Digital Rights Organizations, and International Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amicus curiae of European Company Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of Technology Companies filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amicus curiae of International Business Machines Corporation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 18 2018 Brief amici curiae of Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe filed. (Distributed)
Feb 12 2018 Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
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)
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.
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.
Apr 04 2018 Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/20/2018.
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.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Noel John Francisco
Counsel of Record
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: United States


Attorneys for Respondents
E. Joshua Rosenkranz
Counsel of Record
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
JROSENKRANZ@ORRICK.COM
Ph: 212-506-5000
Party name: Microsoft Corporation


Other Attorneys
Donald I Baker
Counsel of Record
Baker & Miller PLLC
2401 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20037
dbaker@bakerandmiller.com
Ph: 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
Ph: 2029741752
Party name: Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe


Benjamin Daniel Battles
Counsel of Record
Pollock Cohen LLP
50 Lakeside Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401
ben@pollockcohen.com
Ph: 802-793-5512
Party name: The States of Vermont, et al.


Michael Evan Bern
Counsel of Record
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004-1304
michael.bern@lw.com
Ph: 202-637-2200
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
Ph: 212-225-2490
Party name: European Company Lawyers Association


Bruce David Brown
Counsel of Record
Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press
1156 15th Street NW
Suite 1020
Washington, DC 20005
bruce.brown@rcfp.org
Ph: 2027959300
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
Ph: 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
ec@goldsteinrussell.com
Ph: (301) 362-0636
Party name: Policing Project at New York University School of Law


Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
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
Ph: 617-542-5070
Party name: Former Law Enforcement, National Security, and Intelligence Officials


Ilana Hope Eisenstein
Counsel of Record
DLA Piper LLP (US)
1650 Market Street
Suite 5000
Philadelphia, PA 19103
ilana.eisenstein@dlapiper.com
Ph: 215-656-3300
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
Ph: 973-622-4444
Party name: Ireland


Saad Gul
Counsel of Record
Washington Legal Foundation
2009 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
sgul@wlf.org
Ph: (202) 588-0302
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
Ph: 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
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 2100
Dallas, TX 75201
AHO@GIBSONDUNN.COM
Ph: 214.698.3100
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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
Ph: 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
opell@whitecase.com
Ph: 212-819-8200
Party name: Gesellschaft Fur Freiheitsrechte e.V.


Owen C. Pell
Counsel of Record
White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
opell@whitecase.com
Ph: 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 10020-1095
opell@whitecase.com
Ph: 212-819-8891
Party name: Jan Philipp Albrecht, Sophie in ’t Veld, Viviane Reding, Birgit Sippel, and Axel Voss


Andrew John Pincus
Counsel of Record
Mayer Brown LLP
1999 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
APINCUS@MAYERBROWN.COM
Ph: 202-263-3000
Party name: 12 Business and Consumer Associations


Marc Rotenberg
Counsel of Record
Electronic Privacy Information Center
1519 New Hampshire Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
rotenberg@epic.org
Ph: 2024831140
Party name: Electronic Privacy Information Center


Richard A. Samp
Counsel of Record
New Civil Liberties Alliance
1225 19th Street NW, Suite 450
Washington, DC 20036
rasamp@verizon.net
Ph: 202-869-5210
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation


Daniel Martin Sullivan
Counsel of Record
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
14th Floor
New York, NY 10017
dsullivan@hsgllp.com
Ph: 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
Ph: 202-639-6000
Party name: European Commission


John D. Vandenberg
Counsel of Record
Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
121 S.W. Salmon Street Suite 1000
Portland, OR 97204
john.vandenberg@klarquist.com
Ph: 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
Ph: 2125063927
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
bwillen@wsgr.com
Ph: (212) 999-5800
Party name: Privacy International, Human and Digital Rights Organizations, and International Legal Scholars


Brett Johnston Williamson
Counsel of Record
Suite 1700
610 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660-6429
bwilliamson@omm.com
Ph: (949)-760-9600
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
Suite 250
Washington, DC 20036
marc@zwillgen.com
Ph: 202-296-3585
Party name: Technology Companies