Here is the actual order in IN RE ORDER REQUIRING APPLE, INC. TO ASSIST IN THE EXECUTION OF A SEARCH WARRANT ISSUED BY THIS COURT.
The judge decided this case as a matter of statutory construction and not as a Constitutional matter, stating: “In deciding this motion, I offer no opinion as to whether, in the circumstances of this case or others, the government’s legitimate interest in ensuring that no door is too strong to resist lawful entry should prevail against the equally legitimate societal interests arrayed against it here.”
[Editors note: This blog will attempt to provide readers with access to all of the primary source documents in the current litigation between the U.S. Department of Justice and Apple Inc., both this case in the Eastern District of New York and in the San Bernardino killers’ case, technically known as In The Matter of the Search of an Apple Iphone Seized During the Execution of a Search Warrant on a Black Lexus IS300, California License Plate 35KGD203, at No. ED 15-0451M of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.]
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