Legal Opinion

CE Design, Ltd. v. PRISM BUSINESS MEDIA, INC.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 27, 2010No. 09-3172PublishedCited by 79 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This is a junk fax case, and like most such cases, the facts are not especially juicy. In 2004 Prism Business Media, Inc., sent CE Design, Limited, a fax advertising a trade show. 1 That’s it. But that small act sparked a lawsuit that presents some interesting jurisdictional and regulatory questions. CE Design sued Prism under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which prohibits the use of fax machines to send unsolicited advertisements. See 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(C). Prism sought summary judgment on the ground that it shared with CE Design an “established…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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