14‐2985
Microsoft v. United States
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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August Term, 2015
Argued: September 9, 2015 Decided: July 14, 2016
Docket No. 14‐2985
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In the Matter of a Warrant to Search a Certain E‐Mail
Account Controlled and Maintained by Microsoft
Corporation
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
– v. –
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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Appellant,
Appellee.
B e f o r e :
LYNCH and CARNEY, Circuit Judges, and BOLDEN, District Judge.*
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Microsoft Corporation appeals from orders of the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York (1) denying Microsoft’s motion to quash a warrant
(“Warrant”) issued under the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq., to
the extent that the orders required Microsoft to produce the contents of a customer’s e‐
mail account stored on a server located outside the United States, and (2) holding
Microsoft in civil contempt of court for its failure to comply with the Warrant. We
*The Honorable Victor A. Bolden, of the United States District Court for the District of
Connecticut, sitting by designation.