Roach v. Harper

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing “intrusion on the seclusion of another” type of privacy claim
• finding unreasonable intrusion when a landlord secretly listened to tenants’ conversations through the use of a hidden mechanical device
• finding unreasonable intrusion when a landlord secretly listened to tenants' conversations through the use of a hidden mechanical device
• plaintiff stated cause of action for invasion of privacy where she alleged landlord installed listening device in her apartment and listened to her private conversations
• “The right of privacy, including the right of an individual to be let alone and to keep secret his private communications, conversations and affairs, is a right the unwarranted invasion or violation of which gives rise to a common-law right of action for damages.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).