Knudsen v. Agee

McDEVITT, Chief Justice.

I

BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

William Agee, CEO of Morrison-Knudsen Corp. (MK), directed James Cook to secretly record the telephone communications of certain MK executives. Cook recorded phone conversations from March 12, 1991 through March 22, 1991. Cindy Knudsen was the secretary to one of the MK executives whose phone was wiretapped. Although not the target of the investigation and unbeknownst to Knudsen, a number of the recordings contained her work-related and personal telephone conversations made during that time period.

In January of 1992, the FBI contacted…