Lazette v. Kulmatycki

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

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Javier Luis v. Joseph Zang
  Sixth Circuit· 2016-08-16· cited 124×
• Anzaldua v. Northeast Ambulance & Fire Protection District
  Eighth Circuit· 2015-07-10· cited 103×
• Microsoft Corp. v. United States
  Second Circuit· 2016-07-14· cited 29×
• Carol Walker v. Brian Coffey
  Third Circuit· 2020-04-16· cited 21×
• Negro v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2014-10-21· cited 13×
• Sollenberger v. Sollenberger
  S.D. Ohio· 2016-03-25· cited 12×
• Billiter v. SP Plus Corp.
  M.D. Tennessee· 2018-08-31· cited 11×
• Cobra Pipeline Co. v. Gas Natural, Inc.
  N.D. Ohio· 2015-09-17· cited 4×
• Hately v. Watts
  E.D. Virginia· 2018-03-14· cited 2×
• Murphy v. Spring
  N.D. Oklahoma· 2014-11-04· cited 1×
• Negro v. Super. Ct.
  California Court of Appeal· 2014-11-18
• Cousineau v. Microsoft Corp.
  W.D. Washington· 2014-03-25
• Shapiro v. Hyperheal Hyperbarics
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2024-10-03

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Gerald Griggs-Ryan v. Beulah Smith, Gerald Griggs-Ryan v. Richard Connelly
  First Circuit· 1990-06-08· cited 916×
• Yeager v. Local Union 20, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-08-31· cited 822×
• United States v. Warshak
  Sixth Circuit· 2010-12-14· cited 376×
• Robert C. Konop v. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-08-23· cited 175×
• Williams v. Poulos
  First Circuit· 1993-12-14· cited 170×
• United States v. Bradley Joseph Steiger
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-01-14· cited 133×
• In Re DoubleClick Inc. Privacy Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2001-03-28· cited 120×
• Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-10-28· cited 108×
• Theofel v. Farey-Jones
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-08-28· cited 88×
• In re iPhone Application Litig.
  N.D. California· 2012-06-12· cited 78×
• Sustin v. Fee
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1982-02-10· cited 73×
• Fraser v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.
  Third Circuit· 2004-01-20· cited 69×
• International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Werner-Masuda
  D. Maryland· 2005-09-16· cited 62×
• Terry A. Veney v. Michael Hogan Carol Hernandez Frank D. Fleischer and Martha Knicely
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-01-24· cited 60×
• Carlos D. Goad and Robert J. Wuchich v. Betty Mitchell, Jacqui Visintine, and M.A. Gilbert
  Sixth Circuit· 2002-07-25· cited 57×
• Fannie Garcia v. City of Laredo, Texas
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-12-12· cited 55×
• Deal v. Spears
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-11-30· cited 42×
• Eysoldt v. ProScan Imaging
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2011-05-18· cited 37×