Legal Opinion

Joyce M. Fultz v. Larry Edward Gilliam

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 21, 1991No. 90-6473PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CELEBREZZE, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this civil action arising under the Federal Wiretapping Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2511(1)(c), (d); 2520, Plaintiff-Appellant Joyce Fultz challenges the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant, her former husband, on statute of limitations grounds. The case at bar presents us with a question apparently of first impression before the Courts of Appeals: whether each playing of a single recording of a wrongfully intercepted communication gives rise to a new cause of action under sections 2511(1)(c) or (d) of the Act. The…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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  4. United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Bartnicki v. VopperSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  2. David W. Lanier v. Ed BryantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
  3. Williams v. PoulosCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  4. Pamela A. Dorris v. Charles Absher and Della AbsherCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
  5. Blake v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999

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