Legal Opinion
Health One Med. Ctr., Eastpointe P. L. L.C. v. Mohawk, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 9, 2018No. 17-1973PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
*801 Some questions seem to arise only in class-action lawsuits. Here, a seller of prescription drugs sent junk faxes to various medical providers, advertising the seller's prices on various drugs. The question presented is whether-for purposes of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which makes it unlawful "to send ... an unsolicited advertisement" to a fax machine-the manufacturers of those drugs "sent" those faxes even though they knew nothing about them. The district court answered no, and so do we.
Mohawk Medical, a pharmaceutical wholesaler, sent two unsolicited…
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