Legal Opinion
Darrell Rodgers and Peter Simet v. James C. Wood
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 1990No. 89-3059PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRABB, Chief District Judge.
Appellees Rodgers and Simet brought this action under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 2520, contending that appellant Wood’s disclosure of an unauthorized tape of their telephone conversation with a television news reporter violated the Act. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of appellees and awarded statutory damages in the amount of $20,000. Appellant brings this appeal from the grant of summary judgment, the imposition of damages, and the denial…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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