Supreme Court throws out case on email data stored overseas

Published April 17, 2018 2:39pm ET



The Supreme Court tossed out a case over whether the federal government could seize and search information stored on servers overseas on Tuesday. The move comes after Congress passed a law addressing the dispute between Microsoft and the government last month.

The court issued a per curium opinion Tuesday saying the case had become moot due to the legislative action. The justices heard arguments in the case in February.

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