SUZLON ENERGY LTD. v. MICROSOFT CORP.

No. 10-35793.

671 F.3d 726 (2011)

SUZLON ENERGY LTD., Petitioner-Appellant, and Rajagopalan Sridhar, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee, v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 3, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy J.O. Harwood , New York, NY, for the petitioner-appellant.

Blake Marks-Dias , Seattle, WA, for the respondent-appellee.

Michael A. Barcott , Seattle, WA, Svetlana P. Spivak , Law Offices of Holmes Weddle & Barcott, Seattle, WA, for the intervenor-defendant-appellee.

Before: JOHN T. NOONAN and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and ANDREW J. GUILFORD, District Judge.


OPINION

GUILFORD, District Judge:

While the parties in this case raise issues of international policy, constitutional rights, and the fortuities of the Internet age, this case ultimately turns on the plain language of the relevant statute. Suzlon Energy Ltd. ("Suzlon") has demanded that Microsoft Corp. ("Microsoft") produce documents from the Microsoft Hotmail email account of Rajagopalan Sridhar, an Indian citizen imprisoned abroad. Microsoft objected to...

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