Rudgayzer & Gratt v. Cape Canaveral Tour & Travel, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ritter, J.
The issue presented is whether this class action may be maintained for alleged violations of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (47 USC § 227) in light of CPLR 901 (b). We hold that it may not.
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (hereinafter the TCPA) was enacted by the United States Congress in 1991 to address telemarketing abuses by use of telephones and facsimile machines (see S Rep No. 102-178, 102d Cong, 1st Sess, at 1, reprinted in 1991 US Code Cong & Admin News, at 1968; Schulman v Chase Manhattan Bank, 268 AD2d 174 [2000]).…
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