United States Fourth Circuit

In an action under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) for unlawfully accessing Plaintiff's personal e-mail account, judgment for Plaintiff is reversed, where the SCA requires a plaintiff to prove actual damages in order to obtain statutory damages.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/18/2009
• Published 03/18/2009

Judges

• Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and SHEDD and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Nicholas Hantzes, Hantzes & Reiter, McLean, Virginia, for Appellants.  Christopher Alan Abel, Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Dawn L. Serafine, Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Norfolk, Virginia;  Elizabeth A. Billingsley, Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., McLean, Virginia, for Appellee.