United States Second Circuit

47 USC 222, which prohibits long distance phone carriers from revealing information about their callers, does not permit recovery of "presumed damages" for emotional distress and mental anguish arising from violations of that law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/11/2001
• Decided 02/26/2001
• Published 02/26/2001

Judges

• JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:, Before KEARSE, JACOBS, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Henry H. Rossbacher, (James S. Cahill, Clara I. Duran Reed, of counsel), Rossbacher & Associates, Los Angeles, CA;  Daniel T. Hughes, Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, New York, NY;  Jonathan W. Cuneo, Michael G. Lenett, The Cuneo Law Group, P.C., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Edward J. Conboy and Eileen M. Conboy., David L. Sobel, Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, DC, (Harry C. Batchelder, Jr., New York, NY, of counsel), filed a brief for Amicus Curiae Electronic Privacy Information Center.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, (Virginia A. Steitz, Stephen B. Kinnaird, of counsel), Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC;  Laura A. Kaster, Edward A. Harris, AT & T Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ, for Defendant-Appellee AT & T Corp., George A. Zimmerman, (Lauren E. Aguiar, Andrew Wisch, of counsel), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee AT & T Universal Card Services Corp.