DIRECTV, INC. v. BUDDEN

No. 04-20751.

420 F.3d 521 (2005)

DIRECTV, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeff BUDDEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc Jay Zwillinger, Howard Robert Rubin (argued), Christian S. Genetski, Jacqueline Sadker, Shahrzad Poormosleh, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Daniel Matthew Burns, Law Offices of Daniel M. Burns, Buda, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BARKSDALE and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Jeff Budden purchased and distributed over 100 devices that are primarily used to illegally gain access to satellite services. Budden appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment against him on a civil claim for violations of 47 U.S.C. § 605(e)(4), which prohibits distributing devices "knowing or having reason to know" that they are primarily of assistance in the unauthorized...

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