Navarra v. Bache Halsey Stuart Shields Inc.

OPINION ON PLAINTIFFS’ REQUEST FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT

FEIKENS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs seek a determination as to the applicability of the Michigan eavesdropping statute, M.C.L.A. §§ 750.539 et seq.; M.S.A. 28.807 et seq., to the testimony of a person who has listened to a telephone conversation with the permission of one party. For the reasons discussed below, I have decided that the testimony of Mr. Norris in the arbitration proceeding would violate the statute and he would thus be subject to criminal prosecution and civil penalties. BACKGROUND

Navarra contends that he ordered his broker at…