Elizabeth Graham Flowers Frankie Dukes v. Tandy Corporation, and William Lee Flowers Martha Floyd Graham

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Tandy Corporation (Tandy) appeals a judgment upon a jury verdict finding Tan-dy liable for damages to appellees Elizabeth Flowers and Frankie Dukes as a result of Tandy’s selling a telephone recording control device to William Flowers who then used it to intercept telephone conversations between the appellees. We hold that the district court erred in submitting the case to the jury on the theory that Tandy might be civilly liable for procuring or aiding and abetting illegal wiretapping under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2511 and 2520 and by instructing the jury that it…