Miller v. American Family Pub.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “For their money, they received something less than, and different from, what they reasonably expected in view of defendant’s presentations. That is all that is required to establish ascertainable loss.”
• plaintiffs “say they paid money because they were told, and believed, that for their money they would receive two things: first, a magazine subscription; and second ... an enhanced likelihood of winning that sweepstakes .... They say they did not receive the second.”
• finding no significant difference between \loss” and \ascertainable loss”
• “To satisfy the ‘ascertainable loss’ requirement, a plaintiff need prove only that he has purchased an item partially as a result of an unfair or deceptive practice or act and that the item is different from that for which he bargained.”
• finding no significant difference between 'loss’ and ‘ascertainable loss’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).