QUIGLEY v. ROSENTHAL

No. 01-1228.

327 F.3d 1044 (2003)

William J. QUIGLEY; Dorothy Quigley, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Saul F. ROSENTHAL; Anti-Defamation League, Defendants-Appellants. American Jewish Committee; American Jewish Congress; Americans United for Separation of Church and State; Asian Law Caucus; Human Rights Campaign; Jewish Council for Public Affairs; Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund; National Asian Pacific Legal Consortium; National Partnership for Women and Families; Now Legal Defense and Education Fund; People for the American Way Foundation; Violence Policy Center; John T. Baker; Macon Cowles; Bruce S. Garber; Thomas E. Goodreid; Jeffrey Joseph; J.D. MacFarlane; James H. Moss; Edward T. Ramey; David K. Rees; Benjamin J. Sachs; Colorado Lawyers Committee, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Kelley, Faegre & Benson LLP, Denver, Colorado (Steven D. Zansberg, Faegre & Benson LLP, Denver, Colorado; Joseph C. Jaudon, and David H. Yun, Jaudon & Avery, LLP, Denver, Colorado, with him on the brief), for the defendants-appellants.

Lawrence W. Treece, Sherman & Howard, LLC, Denver, Colorado (Charlotte Wiessner, Sherman & Howard, LLC, Denver, Colorado; Jay S. Horowitz, Philip L. Gordon, Robert T. Fishman, Horowitz & Wake, Denver, Colorado; and Robert F. Nagel, Boulder, Colorado, with him on the brief), for the plaintiffs-appellees.

David K. Rees, Rees & Associates, P.C., Denver, Colorado, on the brief for John T. Baker, Macon Cowles, Bruce S. Garber, Thomas E. Goodreid, Jeffrey Joseph, J.D. MacFarlane, James H. Moss, Edward T. Ramey, David K. Rees, and Benjamin J. Sachs, amici curiae.

Erwin Chemerinsky, University of Southern California Law School, Los Angeles, California, and Catherine Fisk, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, on the brief for American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Asian Law Caucus, Human Rights Campaign, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Asian Pacific Legal Consortium, National Partnership for Women and Families; NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, People for the American Way Foundation, and Violence Policy Center, amici curiae.

Steven M. Kaufmann and Brian Neil Hoffman, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Denver, Colorado, on the brief for the Colorado Lawyers Committee, amicus curiae.

Before BRISCOE, BALDOCK, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.


BRISCOE, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Saul Rosenthal and the Anti-Defamation League appeal the district court's entry of judgment, following a jury trial, on plaintiffs' claims against them under the federal wiretap act1 for using intercepted cordless telephone conversations, and under Colorado state law for defamation, invasion of privacy by intrusion, and false light invasion of privacy. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. &...

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