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Williams v. Affinion Grp., LLC

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 7, 2018No. 16-3292-cv; August Term 2017PublishedCited by 87 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Dennis Jacobs, Circuit Judge:

Seven former participants in online discount membership programs allege violation of federal privacy statutes and a racketeering conspiracy between online retailers and loyalty club businesses to defraud customers of "membership fees" for rewards programs they unwittingly joined. They allege that Trilegiant Corporation ("Trilegiant") conspired with e-merchant retailers such as Buy.com, Orbitz, and Priceline to enroll the retailers' customers in the membership programs via deceptive post-transaction marketing and datapass techniques. We conclude that, because the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  2. McNally v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Schmuck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Salinas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. Mills v. Polar Molecular Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993

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