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· 7/31/1991

Izykowski v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Citations

  • 768 F. Supp. 368
  • 139 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2395
  • 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10597
  • 1991 WL 149485

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that “only emails awaiting opening by the intended recipient” are covered
  • finding that an employer “reading” an employee’s emails, “if proven to have occurred, [could be] ‘highly offensive’” (emphasis added)
  • rejecting a motion to dismiss an intrusion claim in part because the emails at issue “were highly personal and private”
  • rejecting a motion to dismiss an intrusion claim in part because the emails at issue “were highly personal and private”
  • concluding opened e-mails are not in storage for backup protection
  • agreeing with the defendants that the SCA covers only unopened emails but “draw[ing] a fair and plausible inference” that some emails were unopened

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Judges: Flannery

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