Legal Opinion

In re Search Warrant Issued to Google, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Alabama

Decided September 1, 2017No. CASE NO. 5:17-mj-532-HNJPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1269MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HERMAN N. JOHNSON, JR., UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

The United States served on Google, Inc., a search warrant issued by the Court pursuant to the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2703 et seq. Google complied with the search warrant as to data stored in the United States, yet it refused to disclose responsive data and information stored on a server located on foreign territory. According to Google, the SCA’s provisions do not apply extraterritorially, and disclosing the data stored on foreign territory would constitute an impermissible, extraterritorial…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Shaffer v. HeitnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. United States v. JacobsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Arizona v. HicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 2010
  5. United States v. Philadelphia National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re LeopoldCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
  2. In Re in the Matter of the Application of Jason Leopold to Unseal Certain Electronic Surveillance Applications and OrdersDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2018

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