DirecTV, Inc. v. Webb’s Empirical Analysis
545 F.3d 837 · 2008
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 2511 · 18 U.S.C. § 2511 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2520 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 28 U.S.C. § 2511 · 47 U.S.C. § 553 · 47 U.S.C. § 605 · 7 U.S.C. § 605
Relies on National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan · Wilson v. Garcia · DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson · Agency Holding Corporation v. Malley-Duff & Associates Inc Crown Life Insurance Company
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“conventional radio and television broadcasting, [satellite television] signals are broadcast through the air and can be received-or intercepted-by anyone with the proper hardware.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“cause of action generally accrues when a plaintiff knows or has reason to know of the injury which is the basis of his action”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“encrypt[ ] [their] signals to protect against signal theft.”
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.