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R.A. PONTE ARCHITECTS v. INVESTORS' ALERT, INC.

No. 537, Sept. Term, 2001.

815 A.2d 816 (2003)

149 Md. App. 219

R.A. PONTE ARCHITECTS, Ltd., v. INVESTORS' ALERT, INC., et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

January 29, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Ring of Rockville, (Philip L. Feliciano of Kensington, on the brief), for appellant.

Robert G. Lawman, Jr. of Houston, Texas (Patrick Donahue of Annapolis, on the brief), for appellant.

MURPHY, C.J., KENNEY, and BARBERA, JJ.

BARBERA, J.

In this appeal we decide a question of first impression—whether a private cause of action may be brought in Maryland to enforce the prohibition in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ("the TCPA" or "the Act"), against the transmission of unsolicited commercial facsimiles. We hold that the General Assembly has not accepted the jurisdiction conferred upon the states by the TCPA, and, thus, such...

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