Microsoft v. United States (2016): Table of Contents

Case Number: 14‐2985

Plaintiff: Microsoft

Defendant: United States

Circuit Judge: Judge Lynch and Susan L. Carney

District Judge: Honorable Victor A. Bolden

Filing Date: October 11, 2016

Location: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

TABLE OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

I. Microsoft’s Web‐Based E‐mail Service

II. Procedural History

III. Statutory Background

A. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

B. The Technological Setting in 1986

C. The Stored Communications Act

DISCUSSION

I. Standard of Review

II. Whether the SCA Authorizes Enforcement of the Warrant as to Customer Content Stored in Ireland

A. Analytic Framework

B. Morrison and the Presumption Against Extraterritoriality

C. Whether the SCA’s Warrant Provisions Contemplate Extraterritorial Application

1. Plain Meaning of the SCA
2. The SCA’s Use of the Term of Art “Warrant”
3. Relevance of Law on “Subpoenas”

D. Discerning the “Focus” of the SCA

1. The SCA’s Warrant Provisions
2. Other Aspects of the Statute
3. Legislative History

E. Extraterritoriality of the Warrant

CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION - I

CONCLUSION -II

CONCLUSION -III