Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!telecom-request From: jean@hrcca.att.com (Nancy J Airey) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Urban Legend? -- Caller IDentified Sues and Wins! Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 05:01:18 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 25 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 219, Message 3 of 7 In a recent class I had two students relate a story to me which I suspect may be an "Urban Legend." The story goes that a woman in Florida with "caller ID" on her phone was receiving obscene phone calls. She reported the phone number to the police and the caller was charged. The caller sued her for invasion of privacy and won. Is this "Urban legend" or fact? Can anyone *document* date/time/place/*court record*? (I put the "UL" flag on it because I felt that a definite court case would have been frequently cited by those arguing on both sides of the ICLID issue.) att!hrcca!jean [Moderator's Note: This wouldn't surprise me at all, given the climate in the criminal justice system in America today. But maybe some researchers among us have more details. PAT]