Legal Opinion
Wesley College v. Pitts
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided August 11, 1997No. Civil Action 95-536 MMSPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Senior District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Wesley College (“Wesley”) filed this civil suit against three defendants, Leslie Pitts, Bettina Ferguson, and Keith Hudson, alleging violations of Title I and Title II of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (“ECPA”) and Del. Code tit. 11, §§ 932 and 935. While these are criminal statutes, civil actions are permitted under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2520, 2707, and Del. Code tit. 11, § 939, respectively. Jurisdiction is invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a).
Ferguson and Hudson have brought motions…
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