THEOFEL v. FAREY JONES

Nos. 02-15742, 03-15301.

341 F.3d 978 (2003)

George THEOFEL; Howard Teig; David Kelley; Integrated Capital Associates, Inc., A Delaware Corporation; Nancy Rilett; Ryan Tam; Claudia English; Teresa Patterson; Tanya Young; Roberto Marsella; Regina Ovenden; Emil Pesiri; Eric Sullivan; Douglas H. Wolf; Richard Buckingham, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Alwyn FAREY-JONES; Iryna A. Kwasny, Defendants-Appellees. George Theofel; Howard Teig; David Kelley; Integrated Capital Associates, Inc., A Delaware Corporation; Nancy Rilett; Ryan Tam; Claudia English; Teresa Patterson; Tanya Young; Roberto Marsella; Regina Ovenden; Emil Pesiri; Eric Sullivan; Douglas H. Wolf; Richard Buckingham, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Alwyn Farey-Jones; Iryna A. Kwasny, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Urueta, Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP, San Francisco, California, argued for appellants. James M. Wagstaffe, Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP, and Richard Idell and Jennifer Marone, Idell, Berman & Seitel, joined her on the brief.

Robert E. White, San Francisco, California, argued for appellees. Susan C. Rushakoff joined him on the brief.

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Alex Kozinski and Stephen S. Trott, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted April 2, 2003 — San Francisco, California.

OPINION

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

We consider whether defendants violated federal electronic privacy and computer fraud statutes when they used a "patently unlawful" subpoena to gain access to e-mail stored by plaintiffs' Internet service provider.

Background

Plaintiffs Wolf and Buckingham, officers of Integrated Capital Associates, Inc. (ICA), are embroiled in...

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