United States v. Schilleci

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Appeal against the conviction of a police chief for violating the federal wiretapping statute

United States v. Schilleci 545 F.2d 519 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Case Number 75-4632 Before Circuit Judge Ainsworth, Circuit Judge Roney, and District Judge Allgood Decided on January 17, 1977 Relevancy of the … Read More

Abraham v. Country of Greenville

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Appeal against an order directing compensation to Judges for recording their calls without consent

Abraham v. County of Greenville 237 F.3d 386 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Case Number 00-1150 Before Chief Judge Wilkinson, Circuit Judge Wilkins, and Circuit Judge Motz Decided on January 10, 2001 Relevancy of … Read More

In re Pharmatrak, Inc. Privacy Litigation

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Interpretation of the "consent" exception in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986

In re Pharmatrak, Inc. Privacy Litigation 329 F.3d 9 In the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Case Number 02-2138 Before Circuit Judge Lynch, Circuit Judge Bownes, and Circuit Judge Howard Decided on May 09, 2003 Relevancy … Read More

Chance v. Avenue A, Inc.

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Violation of privacy when a website allows a third party to access its cookies

Chance v. Avenue A, Inc. 165 F.Supp.2d 1153 In the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Case Number C00-1964C Before Chief Judge Coughenour Decided on September 14, 2001 Relevancy of the Case: Violation of privacy when … Read More

Sussman v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

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Validity of eavesdropping and fraud claims in a case involving secretly recording conversations through misrepresentation

Sussman v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. 186 F.3d 1200 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Case Number 97-55410 Before Circuit Judge A. Kozinski, Circuit Judge A.J. Kleinfeld, and District Judge O.M. Panner Decided on August … Read More

Bownes v. Aftermath Entertainment

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Applicability of one-party consent exception in conversations recorded without the consent of the other party

Bownes v. Aftermath Entertainment 254 F.Supp.2d 629 In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Case Number CIV 02-40170 Before District Judge Gadola Decided on March 28, 2003 Relevancy of the Case: Applicability of one-party consent … Read More

Lloyd v. Google LLC

Raj PagariyaCase Summary

Seeking compensation from Google for violation of Section 13 of the Data Protection Act 1998 via a representative action

Lloyd (Respondent) v. Google LLC (Appellant) [2021] UKSC 50 In the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom UKSC 2019/0213 Before Lord Reed, President, Lady Arden, Lord Sales, Lord Leggatt, and Lord Burrows Decided on November 10, 2021 Relevancy of the … Read More

Ashok Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh

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Bail application in a case involving the harassment of a minor and uploading her photograph on Facebook

Ashok Kumar v. State of Himachal Pradesh In the High Court of Himachal Pradesh Clr. M. P. (Main) 147/2022 Before Justice Satyen Vaidya Decided on January 27, 2022 Relevancy of the case: Bail application in a case involving the harassment … Read More

Sarath v. State of Kerala

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Bail application in a case involving rape on the false pretext of marriage and circulation of intimate pictures

Sarath v. State of Kerala In the High Court of Kerala B.A. 9028/2021 Before Justice Gopinath P. Decided on December 21, 2021 Relevancy of the case: Bail application in a case involving rape on the false pretext of marriage and … Read More