Legal Opinion
United States v. Shriver
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided February 4, 1992No. 91-30098PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:
What do a martini olive transmitter and a modified satellite television descrambler have in common?
Fortunately, for the Defendants: nothing.
The issue in this case is whether modified satellite television descramblers are primarily useful for the surreptitious interception of electronic communications.
This Court concludes that they are not.
Defendants move to dismiss the superseding indictment, which charges them with conspiracy to violate 18 U.S.C. §§ 2511-12, 1343 and 47 U.S.C. § 605 for allegedly selling modified satellite television descramblers which…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Rewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Demarest v. ManspeakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. McNuttCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Bennie Dean Herring, Billy Clyde Herring, Ronald Mills, and Dee Dee BellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Stephen L. Shriver, Joseph R. Denman, Harry Lawrence Daly, and Joseph D. FonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Jack LandeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. One MacOm Video Cipher Ii, Sn A6j050073, Anthony E. Goldberg, Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. ShriverCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992