THE STATE OF WASHINGTON v. CHRISTOPHER J. GARBACCIO
Conviction based on metadata upheld on appeal.

MEREDITH MECHLING v. CITY OF MONROE
O’NEILL V. CITY OF SHORELINE
If an e-mail is a public record subject to public access, its associated metadata also is a public record.

And from Ohio, STATE V. TOWNSEND
“A deleted file is really not a deleted file, it is merely organized differently."

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