Pamela A. Dorris v. Charles Absher and Della Absher

OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Charles Absher, the Director of Rabies Control for Sumner County, Tennessee, secretly recorded conversations among four of his employees by placing a tape recorder in their common office. He then disclosed the recordings to his wife and others, and used the same in an attempt to discharge two of the employees. All four employees subsequently brought suit against Charles Absher and his wife, Della Absher, based upon the Abshers’ alleged violations of the “wiretapping statute,” 18 U.S.C. § 2510-2522. This statute generally prohibits the unauthorized recording,…