The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) closed at $77.65 gaining 0.21% in yesterday’s trading session. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court intervened to help resolve a serious privacy dispute between Microsoft and the Justice Department. The emails stored on the company servers oversees was the issue at hand and there was need for the Supreme Court to make a determination on whether or not prosecutors needed to be given access.

Last year, a lower court made a determination on the matter. It made a ruling barring federal prosecutors from obtaining emails stored in Microsoft computer servers in Ireland and Dublin. The Trump administration was uncomfortable with the ruling and it appealed.

Technology companies and a number of the privacy advocates emerged victorious following the ruling by the New York-based 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals. Prosecutors have downplayed any ruling in favor of Microsoft outlining that any such ruling would end up undermining a range of criminal investigations.

Microsoft takes pride in the fact that it has succeeded at establishing about 100 data centers in 40 countries. This happens to be the first company to move to court challenging the domestic search warrant that sought data held outside the confines of the country.

Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith, opined, “If U.S. law enforcement can obtain the emails of foreigners stored outside the United States, what’s to stop the government of another country from getting your emails even though they are located in the United States?”

While in court, the government lawyers argued for overturning the ruling made by the lower court. According to them, its ruling was a major threat to both the national security and public safety as well. They held on to the fact that it limited the government’s ability to deal with terrorism.

A lot of the media and technology companies have raised concerns outlining that a ruling favoring the government wouldn’t be the best thing. They take a strong stand that such a ruling could end up jeopardizing the privacy of customers.