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2016 Ames Moot Court Competition

November 1, 2016

Ames 2016 Final Round Competition The teams members are: The Daniel J. Meltzer Memorial Team Luke Beasley Benjamin Burkett William Ferraro Amanda Mundell, Oralist Trenton Van Oss Connor Winn, Oralist The Lucy Stone Memorial Team Michelle Adler Victoria Hartmann Helen Rave Caroline Trusty, Oralist Stefanie Tubbs Mengjie Zou, Oralist

Case: United States v. Papaya Cellular

A writ of certiorari is granted on the following two questions:

  1. Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that it would cause an “undue burden” on Papaya Cellular, within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 2703(d), to require it to write software to override its encryption technology and disaggregate a particular subscriber’s historical cell site information to assist in an ongoing terrorism investigation.
  2. Whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that disclosure of the historical cell site information would violate the Fourth Amendment.

Judges

Hon. John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice (Ret.), U.S. Supreme Court
Hon. David J. Barron ’94, U.S. Court of Appeals for The First Circuit
Hon. Alison J. Nathan, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Teams

The Daniel J. Meltzer Memorial Team

Petitioners

Best Overall, Best Brief

Luke Beasley
Benjamin Burkett
William Ferraro
Amanda Mundell, Best Oralist
Trenton Van Oss
Connor Winn, Oralist

The Lucy Stone Memorial Team

Respondents

Michelle Adler
Victoria Hartmann
Helen Rave
Caroline Trusty, Oralist
Stefanie Tubbs
Mengjie Zou, Oralist

Watch the Video: 2016 Ames Moot Court Competition