SOPPET v. ENHANCED RECOVERY CO., LLC

No. 11-3819.

679 F.3d 637 (2012)

Teresa SOPPET and Loidy Tang, individually and on behalf of a class, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ENHANCED RECOVERY COMPANY, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 11, 2012.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Edelman (argued), Attorney, Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Curtis C. Warner , Attorney, Warner Law Firm, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

James K. Schultz , Attorney, Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, LLP, Chicago, IL, Bryan C. Shartle (argued), Attorney, Sessions, Fishman, Nathan & Israel, LLC, Metairie, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Timothy G. Shelton , Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA or "the Act"), 47 U.S.C. § 227, is well known for its provisions limiting junk-fax transmissions. A less-litigated part of the Act curtails the use of automated dialers and prerecorded messages to cell phones, whose subscribers often are billed by the minute as soon as the call is answered—and routing a call to voicemail counts as answering the call. An automated call to a landline phone...

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