Gonzales v. Google Inc.

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Amicus Curiae APPEARANCE entered by Jennifer Stisa Granick on behalf of Law Professors. (Attachments: # 1 # 2 Proposed Order)(Granick, Jennifer) (Filed on 2/24/2006)

Gonzales v. Google Inc.

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Jennifer Stisa Granick, California Bar No. 168423 Lauren A. Gelman, California State Bar No. 228734 STANFORD LAW SCHOOL CENTER FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY Cyberlaw Clinic 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, California 94305-8610 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Amici Curiae Law Professors

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

ALBERTO R. GONZALES, in his official capacity as ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, Movant, v. GOOGLE, INC., Respondent.

Case No. 5-06-mc-80006-JW APPLICATION OF LAW PROFESSORS FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF Hearing Date: Not Applicable Time: Not Applicable Courtroom: 8, 4th Floor

Applicant Professors of Law Andrea M. Matwyshyn (University of Florida Law School), 1 Deirdre Mulligan (University of California at Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law), Susan Freiwald (University of San Francisco Law School), and Patricia L. Bellia (Notre Dame Law School) respectfully request an order granting leave to file the accompanying brief as amici curiae. Individual amici are full-time legal academics who research, teach and write in the areas of internet, privacy and electronic surveillance law. Amici ask leave to submit their amicus curiae brief in order to alert this Court that Google's Electronic Communication's Privacy Act ("ECPA") defense raises an important question of first impression. ECPA is an exceedingly complicated statute with
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multiple parts that could potentially apply to the variety of products and services Google offers. Whether ECPA applies to search queries and/or internet addresses (known as uniform resource locators or "URLs") in a situation like this has never been addressed by any court. Amici do not take a position on this question here. Instead, amici ask that if the Court decides to rule on this novel question of law, it allow additional time so that amici and others can seek to submit briefs fully exploring the applicability of this complicated statute and related policy concerns. CONCLUSION This application for leave to file an amici curiae brief should be granted. Dated: February 24, 2006 Respectfully submitted, CENTER FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY CYBERLAW CLINIC

by /s/ Lauren A. Gelman Lauren A. Gelman

by /s/ Jennifer Granick Jennifer Stisa Granick Attorneys for Amici Curiae Law Professors

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