Legal Opinion

Foxhall Realty Law Offices, Inc. v. Telecommunications Premium Services, Ltd.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided September 28, 1998No. Docket No. 97-9147PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Like the Fourth Circuit, and the other circuit courts that have considered the issue before us, we too reach “the somewhat unusual conclusion that state courts have exclusive jurisdiction over a cause of action created by” a federal statute, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, 47 U.S.C. § 227, Pub.L. No. 102-243, 105 Stat. 2394 (1991) (the “TCPA”). See International Science & Tech. Inst., Inc. v. Inacom Communications, Inc., 106 F.3d 1146, 1150 (4th Cir.1997) (“International Science ”). Indeed, we do so for substantially the same reasons stated in…

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