Sawyer v. West Bend Mutual Insurance

¶ 26. 0dissenting). As the Majority tells us, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227, makes it "unlawful... to use any telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to send, to a telephone facsimile machine, an unsolicited advertisement," with exceptions not material in this case. 42 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(C). The potential penalties are withering:

Private right of action

A person or entity may, if otherwise permitted by the laws or rules of court of a State, bring in an appropriate court of that State—

(A) an action based on a violation of this subsection or the regulations…