Legal Opinion
DirecTV, Inc. v. Leto
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 6, 2006No. 05-3908PublishedCited by 288 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
AMBRO, Circuit Judge.
DirecTV, a satellite cable company, caught persons pirating (that is, intercepting without payment) its television transmissions. Its policy is to sue, and it did so here. Eight defendants, including Bennie Leto, were joined in one suit brought in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The claims against the defendants were timely brought.
The District Court, responding to a motion by the defendants under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21, entered in December 2003 what appeared to be an order severing DirecTV’s…
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