United States v. Microsoft Corp.

829 F.3d 197 (2d Cir. 2016)

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Held that a U.S. warrant issued under the Stored Communications Act cannot compel Microsoft to produce customer emails stored on servers located in Ireland. The decision addressed the territorial reach of U.S. law enforcement in the cloud computing era and was later superseded by the CLOUD Act of 2018.

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Case Information

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Court Level: U.S. Court of Appeals
Circuit: 2nd Circuit
Date Decided: Thursday, July 14, 2016
Citation: 829 F.3d 197 (2d Cir. 2016)
Jurisdiction: United States Federal

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