Hamberger v. Eastman

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the secret installation of a listening device in another's home is an invasion of privacy, without regard to whether it was actually utilized
• holding that placing a listening device in the plaintiffs’ marital bedroom violated their right to privacy
• declaring that “ ‘a person who unreasonably and seriously interferes with another’s interest in not having his affairs known to others ... is liable to the other’ ”
• rejecting contention that plaintiffs failed to state a claim for intrusion upon seclusion because “there are no allegations that anyone listened or overheard sounds or voices originating from plaintiffs’ bedroom”
• recognizing tort for invasion of plaintiff’s solitude or seclusion
• holding no proof of listening required

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

66 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Michelle Brazinski v. Amoco Petroleum Additives Company and Buck Isbell
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-09-09· cited 240×
• Cain v. Hearst Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-06-22· cited 210×
• State v. Glass
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-09-15· cited 208×
• Lawlor v. North American Corporation of Illinois
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2013-03-04· cited 184×
• Briscoe v. Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1971-04-02· cited 151×
• Diamond Shamrock Refining & Marketing Co. v. Mendez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-12-31· cited 124×
• A. A. Dietemann v. Time, Inc., a New York Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1971-08-23· cited 108×
• Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson v. Thomas J. Dodd
  D.C. Circuit· 1969-06-09· cited 104×
• Morancy v. Morancy
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1991-07-26· cited 98×
• Mrs. Jack D. Fowler v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1965-03-19· cited 86×
• Karch v. BayBank FSB
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2002-04-12· cited 72×
• Pemberton v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-01-14· cited 70×
• Marks v. Bell Tel. Co. of Penn.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 66×
• Estate of Berthiaume v. PRATT, MD
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1976-11-10· cited 61×
• Doe v. Friendfinder Network, Inc.
  D. New Hampshire· 2008-03-27· cited 47×
• Riley v. Harr
  First Circuit· 2002-06-11· cited 46×
• State v. Valenzuela
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1987-12-31· cited 46×
• Carter v. Innisfree Hotel, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1995-05-12· cited 43×
• Mans v. Lebanon School Board
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1972-04-28· cited 40×
• Remsburg v. Docusearch, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2003-02-18· cited 40×