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DIRECTV, INC. v. RAWLINS

No. 06-1430.

523 F.3d 318 (2008)

DIRECTV, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John J. RAWLINS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Howard Robert Rubin, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Ray Martin Kline, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Samuel Bryant Davidoff, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge DUNCAN wrote the opinion, in which Senior Judge HAMILTON joined. Judge BLAKE wrote a separate concurring opinion.

OPINION

DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant DIRECTV, Inc. ("DIRECTV"), a satellite television service provider, commenced this action in the Western District of North Carolina against appellee John Rawlins. DIRECTV alleged that Rawlins utilized illegal devices to access DIRECTV television programming beyond the level of his paid subscription in violation of, as relevant here, the Cable Communications Policy Act...

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