Rodgers v. Wood’s Empirical Analysis
910 F.2d 444 · 1990
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently May 2010 · most notably Forsyth v. Barr (1994), Flaherty v. Gas Research Institute (1994)
29 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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. § 2515 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 2520 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986)
Relies on Beverly Camp Simpson v. John G. Simpson, III · Ellingsworth v. Chrysler · Williams v. United States Postal Service · 64 Wis. 2d 747 - Bergman v. Hupy
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he fact that Congress chose to address concerns about the severity of the new penalty structure [when it increased statutory damages from $1,000 to $10,000] by creating a specific exception for certain actions suggests that Congress intended to limit the types of violations for which the penalties could be avoided.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) when 'the appeal is frivolous, that is, [when] the result is obvious or the appellant's argument is wholly without merit,' and (2) when 'there is some evidence of bad faith.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) In an action under this section, if the conduct in violation of this chapter is the private viewing of a private satellite video communication that is not scrambled or encrypted or if the communication is a radio communication that is transmitted on frequencies allocated under sub-part D of part 74 of the rules of the Federal Communications Commission that is not scrambled or encrypted and the conduct is not for a tortious or illegal purpose or for purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage or private commercial gain, then the court shall assess damages as follows: (A) If the person who engaged in that conduct has not previously been enjoined under section 2511(5) and has not been found liable in a prior civil action under this section, the court shall assess the greater of the sum of actual damages suffered by the plaintiff, or statutory damages of not less than $50 and not more than $500. (B) If, on one prior occasion, the person who engaged in that conduct has been enjoined under section 2511(5) or has been found liable in a civil action under this section, the court shall assess the greater of the sum of actual damages suffered by the plaintiff, or statutory damages of not less than $100 and not more than $1000. (2) In any other action under this section, the court may assess as damages whichever is the greater of— (A) the sum of the actual damages suffered by the plaintiff and any profits made by the violator as a result of the violation; or (B) statutory da”
3 later decisions 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.