McVeigh v. Cohen

Citation: McVeigh v. Cohen, 983 F.Supp. 215 (D.D.C. 1998).

The court held that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act forbids the federal government from seeking information about online communications system users unless: (1) it obtains a warrant issued under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure or state equivalent, or (2) it gives prior notice to the online subscriber and then issues a subpoena or receives a court order authorizing disclosure of that information).