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Article: Hawaiian pilot's Web site case ordered to trial
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
- Article date:
- January 9, 2001
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A federal appeals court panel has ordered a trial in a lawsuit filed by a pilot who says company officials illegally entered a secure Internet site where he criticized the airline and his union.
Robert Konop accused airline officials of violating the Wiretap Act and other federal laws in 1995 by reading the Web site that was intended only for certain pilots who were required to log in with a user name and password.
The Web site criticized proposed wage concessions that were supported by the , and urged pilots to consider getting new union representatives.
Judge J. Spencer Letts of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled from the bench in the late 1990s in favor ...