296 F. Supp. 2d 1021 - DirecTV, Inc. v. Bertram’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2512 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2520 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 47 U.S.C. § 605
Relies on Russello v. United States · John Young/appellant v. City of St Charles Missouri David King · Schaller Telephone Company v. Golden Sky Systems Inc · Flowers v. Tandy Corp. · Midwestern Machinery, Inc. v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
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“the plain and unambiguous language of § 2520(a) limits those against whom a civil action lies to persons who intercept, disclose, or use electronic communications; that class of persons does not include manufacturers, assemblers, possessors, and sellers of satellite decryp-ters. As such, the Plaintiffs claim under § 2512(l)(b) of the Wiretap Act must be dismissed with prejudice. To recognize a cause of action in this instance would be tantamount to denying the language of § 2520(a) its ordinary meaning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The private civil action is authorized not, as plaintiff has rephrased the statute in its brief, against a person who “engaged in any violation of chapter 119.” Instead, the statutory language itself authorizes a civil action against a person who “engaged in that violation.” As a matter of grammar and sentence structure, the phrase “that violation” must refer to the interception, disclosure, or intentional use of a communication in violation of this chapter referred to earlier in the sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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