Legal Opinion
David Adams v. City of Battle Creek, a Municipal Corporation Jeffrey P. Kruithoff, an Individual
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 11, 2001No. 99-1543PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
With certain exceptions, the federal wiretap act criminalizes and creates civil liability for intentionally intercepting electronic communications without a judicial warrant. This case was brought under the federal wiretapping act, known as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2522. It raises the question of whether the police department may tap a police officer’s pager without a warrant or notice to the officer. The police department, through use of a duplicate or “clone” pager, tapped without a warrant the plaintiffs pager provided' by…
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