Gonzales v. Google, Inc.
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
234 F.R.D. 674 (N.D. Cal. 2006)
Relevant factsFree
Defending the constitutionality of COPA, the government subpoenaed search engines including Google (respondent) for sample URLs and user search-query text to test content-filtering software; Google objected even after the government scaled back its request to 50,000 URLs and 5,000 text queries, citing relevance concerns, undue burden, and risks to user privacy and its confidential business methodology. The government moved to compel production.
IssueFree
Whether a nonparty to a lawsuit may be compelled to submit to discovery.
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