Legal Opinion
Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 28, 1994No. 93-08661PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
The narrow issue before us is whether the seizure of a computer, used to operate an electronic bulletin board system, and containing private electronic mail which had been sent to (stored on) the bulletin board, but not read (retrieved) by the intended recipients, constitutes an unlawful intercept under the Federal Wiretap Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2510, et seq., as amended by Title I of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, Pub.L. No. 99-508, Title I, 100 Stat. 1848 (1986). We hold that it is not, and therefore AFFIRM.
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