· 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
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- 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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