Legal Opinion
381 Search Warrants Directed to Facebook, Inc. v. New York County Dist. Attorney's Off.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 21, 2015No. 30207/13 30178/14PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Renwick, J.
This appeal raises the question of whether an online social networking service, the ubiquitous Facebook, served with a warrant for customer accounts, can litigate prior to enforcement the constitutionality of the warrant on its customers’ behalf. Rather than complying with the warrant, the online social networking service moved to quash the subpoena. The motion court summarily rejected the pre-enforcement motion, and Facebook appealed. The New York County District Attorney’s Office moved to dismiss the appeal, which we denied. After argument on appeal, we now…
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