United States Fourth Circuit

Recording the phone calls of judges who have offices in the county detention facility is not part of the ordinary course of law enforcement duties, nor consistent with the good faith exceptions to the federal wiretap act, 18 USC 2520(d).

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/02/2000
• Decided 01/10/2001
• Published 01/10/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WILKINS and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Brent Overton Edgar Clinkscale, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Greenville, SC, for Appellant.  James Edward Bradley, Wilson, Moore, Taylor & O'Day, West Columbia, SC, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Jacquelyn D. Austin, Riche T. McKnight, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice;  Boyd B. Nicholson, Jr., Haynsworth, Marion, McKay & Guerard, L.L.P., Greenville, SC, for Appellant.  S. Jahue Moore, David L. Thomas, Wilson, Moore, Taylor & O'Day, West Columbia, SC, for Appellees.