Chasten v. Franklin, 2010 WL 4065606 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 14, 2010)
Key Insight: Court quashed subpoena served upon Yahoo! for the production of emails from defendant?s account where the Stored Communications Act generally prohibits such disclosure absent a specifically-enumerated exception and where subpoena in a civil action is not such an exception
Nature of Case: Claims arising from prisoner’s death
Electronic Data Involved: Emails from defendant’s Yahoo! account