206 F. Supp. 2d 301 - Schmidt v. Devino’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2510 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2520 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986)
Relies on United Steelworkers of America v. Weber · Jacobson v. Rose · In Re State Police Litigation · Sprint Communications Company Lp v. Federal Communications Commission · Reynolds v. Spears
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In this district as well as many others, courts have held that statutory damages pursuant to § 2520(c)(2)(B) are discretionary”) (internal citations omitted); Goodspeed v. Harman, 39 F.Supp.2d 787, 791 (N.D.Tex.1999) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the Court’s discretion is limited to awarding the full amount of statutory damages or no damages at all”) (collecting cases); Goodspeed v. Harman, 39 F.Supp.2d 787, 791 n. 6 (N.D.Tex.1999) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.