Legal Opinion
Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 23, 2017No. 15-55777PublishedCited by 223 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*799Concurrence by Judge MURPHY, III
Dissent by Judge TALLMAN
OPINION
N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
When Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) it sought to protect individuals against invasions of privacy, in the form of unwanted calls (and 'now text messages) using automatic telephone dialing systems. Congress explicitly stated this purpose in the text of the TCPA. In light of this plainly stated purpose, and the lack of any other indicia of congressional intent in the statute, a TCPA claim is, by its nature, an invasion of privacy claim. Accordingly, a liability insurance…
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