Power Ventures, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc.
Petition for certiorari denied on October 10, 2017
Issue: Whether an online company given consent by users of an online social networking service to access data shared or stored by the users on the service, but is prohibited access by the service, “intentionally accesses a computer without authorization . . . and thereby obtains information from [a] protected computer” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(2)(c) of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Mar 09 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 12, 2017) |
| Apr 10 2017 | Waiver of right of respondent Facebook, Inc. to respond filed. |
| Apr 13 2017 | Letter of April 11, 2017, from counsel for petitioners received. |
| Apr 19 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 11, 2017. |
| Apr 25 2017 | Response Requested. (Due May 25, 2017) |
| Apr 27 2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 26, 2017. |
| May 25 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
| Jun 13 2017 | Brief of respondent Facebook, Inc. in opposition filed. |
| Jun 28 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 25, 2017. |
| Jun 30 2017 | Reply of petitioner Power Ventures, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Jul 17 2017 | Rescheduled. |
| Sep 20 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017. |
| Oct 10 2017 | Petition DENIED. |
