· 11/4/2013
Whitaker v. California
Citations
- 134 S. Ct. 523
- 187 L. Ed. 2d 372
- 82 U.S.L.W. 3257
- 571 U.S. 993
- 2013 WL 4657500
- 2013 U.S. LEXIS 7871
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that ownership of a fax machine is not a prerequisite for standing under the TCPA
- affirming class... certification :in a TCPA class action involving 10,145 persons and explaining that recipients “of faxes who don’t have rights under 'the [TCPA] just wouldn’t be entitled to share in the damages awarded to the class by a judgment or settlement”
- “But what the Act prohibits is faxing unsolicited fax advertisements ‘to a telephone facsimile machine.’ ... There is no mention of ownership.”
- “[N]o monetary loss need be shown to entitle the junk-fax recipient to statutory damages.”
- “[N]o monetary loss need be shown to entitle the junk-fax recipient to statutory damages.”
- “[N]o monetary loss need be shown to entitle the junk-fax recipient to statutory damages.”
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