MLC Mortgage Corp. v. Sun America Mortgage Co.

WATT, J.:

T 1 The above styled and numbered causes are consolidated for disposition by a single opinion. 1 We granted certiorari to consider an issue of first impression: whether Oklahoma courts have jurisdiction over a private party's suit alleging violation of the Telecommunications Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227 (2005). 2

{2 We join the almost unanimous pronouncements of extant federal and state courts having decided the issue 3 and determine that private parties may pursue violation of the TCPA in Oklahoma courts. Our holding is supported by provisions of the Oklahoma…