Directv, Inc. v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 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 Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Dyniewicz v. United States · Coalition for Government Procurement v. Federal Prison Industries, Inc. · Newcomb v. Ingle · Lanier v. Bryant
Most-quoted passages
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“... Direetv’s evidence shows that it was not aware of [the defendants’ purchases] until September 14, 2001, when [the seized company] turned over ... [additional] records implicating Thomas and Suggs.... ****** ... the records seized on May 25, 2001, [during the raid] did not provide Directv with any indication that the specific violations at issue had occurred. Therefore, ... the date of the ... [seized company] raid did not initiate the running of the limitations period ... because they are not the dates on which Directv first had a reasonable opportunity to discovery the respective violations of the Wiretap Act that are the subject matter of these two lawsuits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A civil action under this section may not be commenced later than two years after the date upon which the claimant first has a reasonable opportunity to discover the violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.