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MTR OF 381 SEARCH WARRANTS

No. 16.

29 N.Y.3d 231 (2017)

78 N.E.3d 141

55 N.Y.S.3d 696

2017 NY Slip Op 02586

In the Matter of 381 SEARCH WARRANTS DIRECTED TO FACEBOOK, INC., Appellant. NEW YORK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Respondent. (And Another Proceeding.).

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided April 4, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York City ( Thomas H. Dupree, Jr. , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, Orin Snyder , Alexander H. Southwell and Gabriel K. Gillett of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Susan Axelrod and Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent.

New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City ( Mariko Hirose and Arthur Eisenberg of counsel), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York City ( Alex Abdo of counsel), New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York City ( Brendan White of counsel), and Center for Democracy & Technology, Washington, D.C. ( Gabriel Rottman of counsel), for New York Civil Liberties Union and others, amici curiae.

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, New York City ( Richard J. Holwell , John M. DiMatteo , Daniel M. Sullivan and Benjamin F. Heidlage of counsel), for Foursquare Labs, Inc., and others, amici curiae.

O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York City ( Brett J. Williamson , Nate Asher and David K. Lukmire of counsel), O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, San Francisco, California ( Cara L. Gagliano of counsel), Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York City ( Faiza Patel and Michael Price of counsel), and Peter Micek and Amie Stephanovic , Access Now, New York City, for Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and others, amici curiae.

Thomas P. Zugibe , Kelly Wolford and Morrie I. Kleinbart , for District Attorneys Association of the State of New York, amicus curiae.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York City ( Helen V. Cantwell , Jarrod L. Schaeffer and Laura J. Samuels of counsel), for Matthew L. Biben and others, amici curiae.

Perkins Coie LLP, New York City ( Jeffrey D. Vanacore , Eric D. Miller , Todd M. Hinnen and Erin K. Earl of counsel), ZwillGen PLLC, Washington, D.C. ( Jeffrey Landis of counsel), and Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina ( David B. Perry of counsel), for Amazon.com, Inc. and others, amici curiae.

Chief Judge DiFioRE and Judges ABDUS-SALAAM and FAHEY concur; Judge RIVERA concurs in result in a separate concurring opinion; Judge WILSON dissents in an opinion; Judge GARCIA taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

In this matter, we are asked to determine the appealability of two Supreme Court orders. The first order denied Facebook, Inc.'s motion to quash certain warrants, issued pursuant to the Federal Stored Communications Act, that sought the account information...

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