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MARACICH v. SPEARS

No. 10-2021.

675 F.3d 281 (2012)

Edward F. MARACICH, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Martha L. Weeks, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; John C. Tanner, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael Eugene SPEARS; Michael Spears, PA; Gedney Main Howe, III; Gedney Main Howe, III, PA; Richard A. Harpootlian; Richard A. Harpootlian, PA; A. Camden Lewis; Lewis & Babock, LLP, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 4, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip N. Elbert , Neal & Harwell, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants.

Morris Dawes Cooke, Jr. , Barnwell, Whaley, Patterson & Helms, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.

James G. Thomas , W. David Bridgers , Elizabeth S. Tipping , Neal & Harwell, Nashville, Tennessee; Gary L. Compton , Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellants.

E. Bart Daniel , Charleston, South Carolina, John B. White, Jr. , Harrison, White, Smith & Coggins, P.C., Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Curtis W. Dowling , Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, LLP, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Michael Eugene Spears and Michael Spears, PA; Craig E. Burgess , John W. Fletcher , Barnwell, Whaley, Patterson & Helms, LLC, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Gedney Main Howe, III , and Gedney Main Howe, III, PA; Charles E. Hill , Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Richard Harpootlian and Richard A. Harpootlian, PA.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge DAVIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Judge WYNN joined.

OPINION

DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from the dismissal of all claims alleged in a putative class action complaint filed pursuant to the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (DPPA or the Act), 18 U.S.C. §§ 2721-2725, which "regulates the disclosure of personal information contained in the records of state motor vehicle departments." See generally Reno v. Condon,

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