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· 4/28/1978

In Re In-Progress Trace of a Wire Communication

Citations

  • 386 A.2d 1295
  • 76 N.J. 255
  • 1978 N.J. LEXIS 170

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an in-progress trace of incoming phone calls violated the Wiretap Act
  • holding that an in-progress trace of incoming phone calls violated the Wiretap Act
  • wiretap statutes, implicating individual rights of privacy, are to be strictly construed to limit potential invasion
  • “Wiretap statutes implicating as they do an intrusion into individual rights of privacy, constitutionally and legislatively recognized, should generally be strictly construed”
  • provisions in amendment of wiretap statute addressed specific objections made by the telephone company
  • describing mechanics of a pen register

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Judges: Schreiber

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