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FREEMAN v. DIRECTV, INC.

No. 04-56500.

457 F.3d 1001 (2006)

Lawrence FREEMAN; Michael Scherer, on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DIRECTV, INC.; ICG, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Wilens, Lakeshore Law Center, Yorba Linda, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael E. Williams, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before STEPHEN REINHARDT, STEPHEN S. TROTT, and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

TROTT, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to determine whether sections of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act ("ECPA"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2702 and 2707, provide for a private cause of action against those who aid and abet, or conspire with, electronic communications service providers in unlawfully disseminating the contents of electronic communications. The language of §§ 2702 and 2707 identifies unambiguously who is subject to liability. Furthermore...

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