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· 1/27/2022

McCoy v. Madison Corr. Inst.

Citations

  • 2022 Ohio 313

Syllabus

On Requester's objections to a report and recommendation, the Court overruled the objections, adopted the report and recommendation, found that Requester was an aggrieved person under RC. 2743.75(F)(3), and determined that, pursuant to R.C. 2743.75(F)(3)(b), Requester was entitled to recover from Respondent the amount of the filing fee of twenty-five dollars and any other costs associated with the action that were incurred by Requester, but Requester was not entitled to recover attorney fees.

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding \wire communication\ includes cellular telephone calls, which only transfer through wire, cable, or like connection briefly at switching stations, as well as text messages, which are nonoral electronic communications
  • concluding wiretap act applies to interception of cell phone calls and text messages
  • \secretly record\ as used in wiretap statute \includes the interception of text messages by viewing and transcribing them for use at a later date\ [emphasis added]
  • \secretly record\ as used in wiretap statute \includes the interception of text messages by viewing and transcribing them for use at a later date\ [emphasis added]
  • where text messages are held to be covered by the statute because they are communications transmitted with the aid of wire, cable or other like connection
  • text communication over cellular network constitutes wire communication

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Judges: Sheeran

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