Legal Opinion

Skapinetz v. CoesterVMS.com, Inc.

District Court, D. Maryland

Decided April 27, 2021No. 8:17-cv-01098Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND MARK SKAPINETZ, * Plaintiff, * v. * Civil Action No. 17-1098-PX COESTERVMS.COM, INC., et al., * Defendants. * *** MEMORANDUM OPINION Defendant Brian Coester, Chief Executive Officer of the now-defunct corporation, CoesterVMS.com, Inc. (“CoesterVMS”), indisputably accessed the email account of Plaintiff Mark Skapinetz without permission, in violation of the Stored Communications Act (the “SCA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2701, et seq., and companion common law torts of trespass to chattels, conversion, and intrusion upon seclusion. The Court…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. BMW of North America, Inc. v. GoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  3. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
  5. Robinson v. Equifax Information Services, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009

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