J 350F Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Stored Communications Act, Hawaiian Airlines, Electronic Communications Privacy Act
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Bonus question-1/2 point-brennan"s guiding principle in new york times v. sullivan: will cover chapters 4 and 5 (libel and privacy) Know the supreme court (u. s. and texas)cases highlighted in the slides: 150 of textbook: highlights in the constitutional evolution of libel law . Know the key holdings of new york times v. sullivan. Contains a wiretap act that prevents the interception of an electronic communication without the permission of at least one of the participants. Also has the stored communications act, which restricts unauthorized access to communications stored on computer systems. Jessup is having an a air with philip morgan while he is still married to barbara smith. While morgan seeking divorce from smith, jessup posts a message on aol purportedly from smith inviting sexual inquiries and leaving smith"s parents phone number where she is staying with her children. Aol is subpoenaed by smith and discloses jessup as the originator of the email.
