DirecTV, Inc. v. Adkins

OPINION

JONES, Chief Judge.

The sole question before me is the appropriate relief to be awarded to DIRECTV for its successful claim against some of the defendants for the unlawful distribution of electronic devices designed to steal satellite television programming, in violation of the Federal Communications Act. After consideration of the parties’ arguments, I grant the plaintiffs requests for statutory damages and injunctive relief against each of these defendants.

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Plaintiff DIRECTV operates a television satellite broadcast system. This lawsuit is one of a number of similar suits it has filed…