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DIRECTV, INC. v. PEPE

No. 04-4333.

431 F.3d 162 (2005)

DIRECTV INC, a California Corporation, Appellant v. Robert F. PEPE; Huey Pham; Anthony Porpora; Ronald Powell; Gary Pranzo; Sean Pryce; Chris Reuter; Robin L. Richard; William Roach; Mike Romanek. DIRECTV INC, a California Corporation, Appellant v. Anthony De CROCE; Nick L. Keal; Bernard Khuang; Leonard Korman; Tom Teague.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 15, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc J. Zwillinger, Howard R. Rubin, Shane M. McGee, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

John W. Gibson, Pittsburgh, PA, for Amici Curiae Edward Semulka, Joseph Rodkey, Frank Pienkosky, Mark Livesky, Bennie Leto, Joseph S. Jarvis, Daniel Galbraith, Bruce Figler and Michael Gignarella.

Before RENDELL, FISHER, and VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judges.

Submitted pursuant to Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a) December 6, 2005.

OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, we are asked to determine whether a private right of action under 18 U.S.C. § 2520 exists for violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2511(1)(a), which, as a joint civil-criminal provision of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 ("ECPA"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521, imposes sanctions against...

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