Smith v. Cincinnati Post & Times Star

OPINION AND ORDER

PORTER, District Judge.

In this case the essence of the complaint is that the defendants willfully published material of a telephone conversation in violation of the Federal Wiretap Laws (18 U.S.C. § 2511). Jurisdiction is laid under 18 U.S.C. § 2520. This section authorizes a civil action by “any person whose wire or oral communication is intercepted, disclosed or used in violation of this chapter.” Defendants have moved for a summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 F.R.Civ.P., and this stands submitted under Local Rule 14 on memoranda pro and con and the pleadings, which…