Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the Fourth Amendment permit warrantless searches of customer records held by third-party service providers if the records are contractually owned by the customer, or if those records enable surveillance of future behavior?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
The Internal Revenue Service used a subpoena to obtain without a warrant from a cryptocurrency exchange three years of transaction records concerning over 14,000 of the exchange’s customers, including Petitioner James Harper’s records. Mr. Harper’s contract with the exchange made clear that the records belonged to him and that the exchange would protect his privacy. The transaction records at issue opened an especially intimate window into Harper’s life because they not only revealed his historical cryptocurrency transactions but also enabled tracking of his transactions into the future. The court below relied on the third-party doctrine to hold that IRS’s warrantless search and seizure of Harper’s financial records did not violate the Fourth Amendment. The question presented is: Does the Fourth Amendment permit warrantless searches of customer records held by third-party service providers if the records are contractually owned by the customer, or if those records enable surveillance of future behavior? If not, does the third-party doctrine need to be discarded or modified to prevent such searches?
2025-06-30
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Professor Adam J. MacLeod GRANTED.
2025-06-12
Reply of petitioner James Harper filed. (Distributed)
2025-06-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2025-06-09
Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.
2025-05-30
Brief of respondents Micheal Faulkender, Acting Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, et al. in opposition filed
2025-05-30
Brief of respondent Federal Parties in opposition filed.
2025-05-30
Brief of Federal Parties in opposition submitted.
2025-04-30
Brief amicus curiae of Coinbase, Inc. filed.
2025-04-30
Amicus brief of Coinbase Inc. submitted.
2025-04-30
Amicus brief of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability submitted.
2025-04-30
Brief amicus curiae of Project for Privacy & Surveillance Accountability filed.
2025-04-04
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 30, 2025.
2025-04-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 30, 2025 to May 30, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-04-03
Motion of Federal Parties for an extension of time submitted.
2025-03-31
Response Requested. (Due April 30, 2025)
2025-03-28
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
2025-03-28
Brief amici curiae of West Virginia, et al. filed.
2025-03-28
Brief amicus curiae of NetChoice filed.
2025-03-28
Brief amicus curiae of Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed.
2025-03-28
Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, et al. filed.
2025-03-28
Amicus brief of NetChoice submitted.
2025-03-28
Amicus brief of DeFi Education Fund submitted.
2025-03-28
Amicus brief of Cato Institute submitted.
2025-03-28
Amicus brief of X Corp. submitted.
2025-03-28
Amicus brief of Professor Adam J. MacLeod submitted.
2025-03-28
Amicus brief of Americans for Prosperity Foundation submitted.
2025-03-28
Amicus brief of State of West Virginia and 4 Other States submitted.
2025-03-28
Brief amicus curiae of DeFi Education Fund filed.
2025-03-28
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Professor Adam J. MacLeod.
2025-03-27
Brief amici curiae of Kansas Justice Institute, et al. filed.
2025-03-27
Amicus brief of Kansas Justice Institute, Goldwater Institute and American Dream Legal submitted.
2025-03-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-20
Waiver of right of respondent Federal Parties to respond filed.
2025-02-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 28, 2025)
2024-12-05
Application (24A549) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until February 21, 2025.
2024-12-02
Application (24A549) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 23, 2024 to February 21, 2025, submitted to Justice Jackson.