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Nature of Suit Code: 490
Nature of Suit: Cable/ Satellite TV
Cause of Action: 47:553 Communications Act of 1994

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

J & J SPORTS PRODUCTIONS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

VICTOR ACOSTA ARANDA,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-02451-JST 

MINUTE ORDER RE: HEARING ON 

CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT

Re: ECF No. 41

At the hearing on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment, currently scheduled 

for July 28, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., the parties should be prepared to discuss the following questions:

(1) How should the Court construe the phrase “except through authorized channels of 

transmission or reception,” which appears in the first sentence of 47 U.S.C. § 605(a)?

(2) How should the Court construe the phrase “being entitled thereto,” which appears in 

the third sentence of 47 U.S.C. § 605(a)? 

(3) Does any authority support the proposition that these phrases should be construed to 

include – or exclude – circumstances where a service provider, such as the Dish Network, 

authorizes a customer to receive a “radio communication,” as is explicitly contemplated in the 

second sentence of the statute?

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 22, 2016

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

Case 3:15-cv-02451-JST Document 46 Filed 07/22/16 Page 1 of 1