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WILLAMETTE SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION v. CAWOOD

Civ. Nos. 83-1706PA, 83-1720PA, 83-1723PA, 83-1729PA, 83-1724PA, 83-1731PA, 83-1735PA to 83-1737PA, 83-1740PA, 83-1743PA, 83-1745PA, 83-1747PA to 83-1750PA, 83-1752PA, 83-1753PA, 83-1755PA, 83-1756PA, 83-1759PA, 83-1760PA and 83-1762PA to 83-1764PA.

580 F.Supp. 1164 (1984)

WILLAMETTE SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION, an Oregon limited partnership, Plaintiff, v. Roger E. CAWOOD, Thomas Craig, Gary E. Doyle, Patrick Eaton and Gwynn Y. Eaton, Kenneth Hall, Paul Carney and Jackie Meyer, Jane Doe Hanley, David L. Helzer, C.D. Hohmann, Donald Long and Gretchen Long, Terrence Leftridge, Vernon E. Walker, Frank Stark, James Stanek, Harlan Southward, Janet Shore, Bill Paeper, Charles R. Ortiz, Jack C. Odell, Clarence Mulkey, Edward L. Linkous, Robert C. Lamb, Theodore Rambeau, Clarence Satterlee, Jr., and Dale M. Jahn, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

February 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Vizzini, Bauer, Winfree, Anderson, Fountain & Schaub, P.C., Portland, Or., for plaintiff.

James Esterkin, Portland, Or., for defendants Patrick Eaton and Gwynn Y. Eaton.

Terrance C. Hunt, George O. Tamblyn, Tamblyn & Bush, Portland, Or., for all remaining defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

PANNER, District Judge.

The issue here is whether the federal wiretapping statute applies to unauthorized reception by individuals of the microwave broadcast of a privately-subscribed "pay T.V." service. Defendants are twenty-five of fifty residents of the Portland, Oregon, metropolitan area who have been sued by plaintiff Willamette Subscription Television (WST). WST contends defendants have received and viewed the television signals of...

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