Administrative/Regulatory
Jun. 6, 2017
The Drone Slayer and private property
Earlier this year, a federal court dismissed a lawsuit brought by a drone pilot against a Kentucky man who shot down a drone that he thought was being used to spy on his teenage daughter at home. By Joshua Briones, Esteban Morales and Natalie Prescott





Joshua M. Briones
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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Litigation
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Los Angeles , CA 90067
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Email: jbriones@mintz.com
UCLA Law School
Earlier this year, a federal court in Kentucky dismissed a lawsuit brought by a drone pilot against the "Drone Slayer." The case was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds, leaving open questions of interplay between aerial trespass and the scope of federal authority.
In 2015, the slayer, a Kentucky man, shot down a drone that he thought was flying over his property and was being used to ...
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