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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1991 15:08:01 GMT
From: Neil Rickert <rickert@cs.niu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Urban Legend? -- Caller IDentified Sues and Wins!
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In article <telecom11.219.3@eecs.nwu.edu> jean@hrcca.att.com (Nancy J
Airey) writes:

> 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.

 Are there any jurisdictions where the time between filing a suit and
having it heard is shorter than the time caller ID has been in effect?


  Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science               <rickert@cs.niu.edu>
  Northern Illinois Univ.
  DeKalb, IL 60115                                   +1-815-753-6940