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· 6/24/1980

In re the Arbitration between Davis & Esikoff

Citations

  • 105 Misc. 2d 955
  • 430 N.Y.S.2d 208
  • 1980 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2601

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that violation occurs “when a person circumvents a computer’s generally applicable rules regarding access permissions, such as username and password requirements, to gain access to a computer”
  • indicating that, because CFAA § 1030 applies to both civil actions and criminal prosecutions, the rule of lenity 14 applies when construing the statute
  • explaining that servers are “computers that manage network resources and provide data to other computers”
  • interpreting Van Buren to require CFAA plaintiffs to show technological harm
  • “The CFAA was enacted to prevent 12 intentional intrusion onto someone else's computer—specifically, computer hacking.”
  • “The CFAA was enacted to prevent 13 intentional intrusion onto someone else’s computer—specifically, computer hacking.

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Judges: Cahn

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