Legal Opinion
DirecTV, Inc. v. Boonstra
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided February 2, 2004No. 1:03-cv-00163PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
QUIST, District Judge.
Plaintiff, DIRECTV, Inc. (“DIRECTV”), has sued Defendant, Mel Boonstra Jr. (“Boonstra”), alleging that he violated the Federal Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 605, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, and the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-22 (the “Wiretap Act”), and Michigan common law by purchasing and using access cards and other devices (“Pirate Access Devices”) to decrypt, receive, and view DIRECTV’s encrypted satellite…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Jessie Walker v. Thomas E. Darby, Hugh L. Robinson, Jr., and Kenneth DayCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by5 opinions
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