Legal Opinion
Mary Carroll v. Merrill Lynch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 16, 2012No. 12-1076PublishedCited by 325 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
On Thanksgiving Day at about 9:00 pm, Mary Carroll telephoned one of her coworkers, Jim Kelliher. Hearing Ms. Carroll loudly yelling at her husband over the phone, Jim Kelliher’s wife Pat Kelliher began listening in on the call and decided to record the conversation. The call ultimately cost Carroll her job, and she sued under the Illinois eavesdropping statute for the recording and re-playing of the call. The district court granted’ motion for summary judgment, concluding that the recording fell within the statute’s fear of crime exemption. Because Ms. Carroll offers no…
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