Legal Opinion
Jane Doe v. Jason Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 2005No. 05-1903PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
When she was 16, Jane Doe (not her real name) engaged in consensual sexual relations with Jason Smith, who was a year older. Smith had set up a hidden video camera and recorded the two in bed. After the couple stopped dating, Smith circulated the tape at their high school. At oral argument Doe’s counsel maintained that Smith distributed copies by email and that at least one of the recipients posted the data on the Internet. Doe filed this suit seeking compensation for the injury caused by this invasion of her privacy. Doe and Smith are citizens of Illinois, so the…
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