[1rudeboy]

That is a good question, and one that will be determined in court. The judge signing the search warrant may simply have said to himself, "reasonable cause to believe that a crime has been committed" and kicked the can down the road.

I assure you, the judge did NOT consider the interesting (I'm being generous) legal theories regarding property law that are being propounded on this thread.

[longtermmemmory]

BS... there are pleanty of ham sandwich judges. Judges who will sign any warrant because a cop says so.

[Poison Pill]

The judge signing the search warrant may simply have said to himself, "reasonable cause to believe that a crime has been committed" and kicked the can down the road.

Maybe. Maybe he knows where his bread is buttered. Given their size, Apple's gravitational pull on the local constabulary should raise some questions given the fact that the goods in question were returned to Apple after they claimed ownership.