Commonwealth v. Moody

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding \wire communication\ includes cellular telephone calls, which only transfer through wire, cable, or like connection briefly at switching stations, as well as text messages, which are nonoral electronic communications
• concluding wiretap act applies to interception of cell phone calls and text messages
• \secretly record\ as used in wiretap statute \includes the interception of text messages by viewing and transcribing them for use at a later date\ [emphasis added]
• \secretly record\ as used in wiretap statute \includes the interception of text messages by viewing and transcribing them for use at a later date\ [emphasis added]
• where text messages are held to be covered by the statute because they are communications transmitted with the aid of wire, cable or other like connection
• text communication over cellular network constitutes wire communication

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-12· cited 4×
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  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2014-06-27· cited 1×
• SHARPE (PHILLIP) VS. STATE
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2015-06-04
• Commonwealth v. Rainey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-04-06
• Commonwealth v. Morris
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-07-25
• Commonwealth v. Du
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2023-10-06
• KATHLEEN VITA v. NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (And a Consolidated Case)
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-10-24
• Commonwealth v. Christ Daphnis, Jarrid Campbell, and Ronald Hopkins
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2024-02-12

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. New York Telephone Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-12-07· cited 871×
• Bartnicki v. Vopper
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-21· cited 378×
• International Fidelity Insurance v. Wilson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-01-10· cited 322×
• Commonwealth v. Vitello
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-01· cited 142×
• Commissioner of Correction v. Superior Court Department of the Trial Court
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-02-27· cited 67×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-21· cited 52×
• Dillon v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-06-02· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Tavares
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-04-08· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Ennis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-03-27· cited 14×
• O'Sullivan v. Nynex Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-12-16· cited 13×