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· 4/8/1996

Wolfson v. Lewis

Citations

  • 924 F. Supp. 1413
  • 24 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1609
  • 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4412
  • 1996 WL 167726

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that the nonstop \videotaping and recording\ of the plaintiffs' home made them \prisoners\ in their own home and amounted to \hounding\ that constituted an \invasion of privacy\ sufficient to support finding that the filming was a tort
  • stating “[i]mplicit in the right to publish the news is the right to gather the news.”
  • defendants’ use of a long-range microphone in an attempt to capture plaintiffs’ conversations in their home, during a course of harassment and other frightening conduct, could constitute intrusion upon seclusion under Pennsylvania and Florida law

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Judges: Raymond J. Broderick

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