COMMUNITY TELEVISION SYSTEMS, INC. v. CARUSO

Docket No. 00-9117.

284 F.3d 430 (2002)

COMMUNITY TELEVISION SYSTEMS, INC., d/b/a TCI Cablevision of South Central Connecticut, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Angelina CARUSO, Michael Caruso, Charles Mingrone, Michelle White, and Thomas White, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan J. Einhorn, New Haven, Conn., on the brief, for defendants-appellants.

Marilyn B. Fagelson, Murtha Cullina, LLP, New Haven, Conn., on the brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: WALKER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the enforcement of the civil penalty provision of the Federal Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 605(a), in the context of using descrambler devices to obtain cable television signals for premium and pay-per-view channels without paying the required monthly or special event fees. Five persons who were each assessed maximum statutory damages of $10,000, plus a pro rata share of attorney's fees, appeal the July 19...

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