Legal Opinion
Holster v. Gatco, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 24, 2010No. Docket 07-2191-cvPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Background
This case centers on the intersection of four laws: (a) the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227, which provides a statutory penalty of $500 for each instance of unsolicited, commercial fax transmission and a federal cause of action “if otherwise permitted by the laios or rules of court of a State.” Id. § 227(b)(3) (emphasis added); (b) New York C.P.L.R. 901(b), which prohibits class-action suits seeking statutory damages; (c) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, which authorizes class-action suits in federal courts when various…
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