Legal Opinion

Aronson v. Fax.com Inc.

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County

Decided February 28, 2001No. AR00-003023PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WETTICK JR., J.,

Defendant’s preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer seeking dismissal of plaintiff’s complaint are the subject of this opinion and order of court. This case raises an issue that the Pennsylvania courts have not addressed: whether plaintiff may bring a lawsuit in the Pennsylva*423nia state courts under the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, 47 U.S.C. §227.

Plaintiff alleges that on five occasions between February 23, 2000 and May 9, 2000, he received on his facsimile machine unsolicited advertisements faxed by defendant. Plaintiff has sued under section…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Tafflin v. LevittSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. International Science & Technology Institute, Incorporated v. Inacom Communications, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
  3. Chair King, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Houston Cellular Corporation, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, Karen Laake, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
  4. Erienet, Inc. Sandra MacKenzie John Knauer Frank Mezler, Jr. v. Velocity Net, Inc. Thomas Dylewski Chad FerenackCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
  5. John J. Murphey, an Individual v. Warren Lanier, an Individual Rjd Enterprises, a Partnership Opinion Does, 1-5Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Chair King, Inc. v. GTE Mobilnet of Houston, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2004
  2. Chair King, Inc. v. GTE Mobilnet of Houston, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Accounting Outsourcing, LLC v. Verizon Wireless Personal Communications, L.P.District Court, M.D. Louisiana · 2004
  4. Adler v. Vision Lab Telecommunications, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2005
  5. MLC Mortgage Corp. v. Sun America Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2009

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