United States Ninth Circuit

The Wiretap Act protects electronic communications from interception when stored to the same extent as when in transit thus allowing a lawsuit where defendant wrongfully obtained a password to view content on a password-protected web site.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/08/2000
• Decided 01/08/2001
• Published 01/08/2001

Judges

• Before BOOCHEVER, REINHARDT, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert C. Konop, Pro se, Playa del Rey, CA, plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marianne Shipp, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Irvine, CA, for the defendant-appellee.