Legal Opinion
International Science & Technology Institute, Incorporated v. Inacom Communications, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1997No. 96-1142PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge MOTZ joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
We today reach the somewhat unusual conclusion that state courts have exclusive jurisdiction over a cause of action created by federal law. Holding that the states have been given, subject to their consent, exclusive subject matter jurisdiction over private actions authorized by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, 47 U.S.C. § 227, we affirm the district court’s ruling dismissing this ease.
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