DIRECTV, INC. v. TREWORGY

No. 03-15313.

373 F.3d 1124 (2004)

DIRECTV, INC., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mike TREWORGY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas C. Spears, Adams & Spears, PA, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

M. Richardson Hyman, Charleston, SC, Robert S. Apgood, Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Joseph C. Metcalfe, Eugene, OR, Cindy A. Cohn, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before ANDERSON, HULL and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

The issue presented by this interlocutory appeal has produced disagreement among the district courts both in this circuit and elsewhere: whether 18 U.S.C. section 2520(a), as amended in 1986, provides a private right of action against persons who possess devices used to intercept satellite transmissions in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 2512(1)(b), a criminal offense. This Court is the first court of...

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