Legal Opinion
DirecTV, Inc. v. Beecher
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided November 7, 2003No. 2:03-cv-00309PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION ON MOTION FOR PARTIAL DISMISSAL
HAMILTON, District Judge.
Plaintiff DirecTV, Inc. has filed numerous actions against individuals who allegedly purchased devices useful for intercepting encrypted television signals broadcast by plaintiff. The complaints seek relief under 47 U.S.C. § 605(a) for interception of copyrighted materials; under 18 U.S.C. § 2520 for interception of signals and/or possession of devices primarily useful for interception; under 47 U.S.C. § 605(e)(4) for assembly of interception devices; and under state law for theft, conversion, deception and fraud.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Rodriguez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Valerie Bennett v. Marie SchmidtCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Mark F. Elmore v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Kurt Zehner, Jerry Glenn, John Alvarado, Individually and on Behalf of Similarly Situated Inmates v. Clarence Trigg, Bruce Brown, John SchillingCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by15 opinions
- DIRECTV, Inc. v. RobsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Ex Parte Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2007
- DirecTV, Inc. v. BoggessDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 2004
- DirecTV, Inc. v. BertramDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2003
- Lesea, Inc. v. Lesea Broad. Corp.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 2019
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