United States First Circuit

Award of damages in a suit by a cable company against two individuals who had engaged in the theft of cable programming is affirmed where: 1) the remedies for theft of radio communications under 47 U.S.C. section 605 do not apply to plaintiff; 2) the applicable remedies statute allows only one award not to exceed $10,000; and 3) the court did not err in refusing to award additional damages to further a deterrence policy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/25/2006
• Published 08/25/2006

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and STAFFORD, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert J. Munnelly, Jr., with whom Burton B. Cohen and Murtha Cullina LLP, were on brief, for appellant.