FACEBOOK, INC. v. STATE

A-61 September Term 2021 A-7 September Term 2022 087054.

296 A.3d 492 (2023)

254 N.J. 329

FACEBOOK, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Respondent, v. STATE of New Jersey, Defendant-Respondent/Cross-Appellant. In re the Application of the State of New Jersey for a Communications Data Warrant Authorizing the Obtaining of the Contents of Records from Facebook, Inc.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 29, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth P. Waxman (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr) of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for appellant/cross-respondent Facebook, Inc. (Javerbaum, Wurgaft, Hicks, Kahn, Wikstrom & Sinins, attorneys; Rubin Sinins , Springfield, Seth P. Waxman, Ronald C. Machen (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr) of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, Catherine M.A. Carroll (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr) of the District of Columbia and Virginia bars, admitted pro hac vice, John K. Roche (Perkins Coie) of the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland bars, admitted pro hac vice, Mikella M. Hurley (Perkins Coie) of the District of Columbia and New York bars, admitted pro hac vice, and George P. Varghese (Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr) of the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania bars, admitted pro hac vice, on the briefs).

Sarah C. Hunt , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent/cross-appellant State of New Jersey ( Matthew J. Platkin , Attorney General, attorney; Sarah C. Hunt, of counsel and on the briefs, and Lila B. Leonard , Deputy Attorney General, on the briefs).

Jennifer Stisa Granick (American Civil Liberties Union) of the California bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, attorneys; Alexander Shalom , Newark, Jeanne LoCicero , and Jennifer Stisa Granick, on the brief).

Erez Liebermann argued the cause for amici curiae Microsoft Corporation and Google, LLC (Debevoise & Plimpton and Herrick Feinstein, attorneys; Erez Liebermann, Michelle M. Sekowski , Newark, and James Pastore (Debevoise & Plimpton) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief).

Brian J. Neary argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey State Bar Association ( Jeralyn L. Lawrence , President, New Jersey State Bar Association, attorneys; Jeralyn L. Lawrence, Watchung, of counsel, and Brian J. Neary, Hackensack, Robert B. Hille , Roseland, Holly A. Maynard , James H. Maynard , Morristown, and Matheu D. Nunn , Denville, on the brief).

Peter T. Blum , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, submitted a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Public Defender of New Jersey ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Peter T. Blum, of counsel and on the brief).

Geoffrey S. Brounell submitted a brief on behalf of amici curiae Center for Democracy & Technology, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Electronic Frontier Foundation (Davis Wright Tremaine, attorneys; Geoffrey S. Brounell, David M. Gossett , of the District of Columbia and Illinois bars, admitted pro hac vice, and MaryAnn T. Almeida , of the District of Columbia and Washington bars, admitted pro hac vice, on the brief).


In this case, law enforcement officers seek to compel Facebook to provide the contents of two users' accounts every 15 minutes for 30 days into the future. The 15-minute delay is because of technical limitations; it is as fast as Facebook can provide the information.

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