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· 2/3/1997

CompuServe Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.

Citations

  • 962 F. Supp. 1015
  • 25 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1545
  • 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1997
  • 1997 WL 109303

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that Defendant Wallace inflicted harm to plaintiffs business reputation and goodwill by causing subscribers to terminate their accounts
  • “A plaintiff can sustain an action for trespass to chattels, as opposed to an action for conversion, without showing a substantial interference with its right to possession of that chattel.”
  • \[ISPs] have been held not to be common carriers.\
  • same as to computer system

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Judges: Graham

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