MARYLAND v. UNIVERSAL ELECTIONS, INC.

No. 12-1791.

729 F.3d 370 (2013)

State of MARYLAND, Office of the Attorney General, Plaintiff-Appellee, United States of America, Intervenor/Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNIVERSAL ELECTIONS, INCORPORATED; Julius Henson, Defendants-Appellants, and Rhonda Russell, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 29, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Edward Smith, Jr. , Law Office of Edward Smith, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants. William D. Gruhn , Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland; Lindsey Powell , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Douglas F. Gansler , Attorney General, Philip D. Ziperman , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee State of Maryland. Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , Mark R. Freeman , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the United States.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NORTON wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge AGEE joined.


NORTON, District Judge:

Political consultant Julius Henson and his company, Universal Elections, Inc., appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to the State of Maryland ("the State") on its claim that Henson and Universal Elections violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (2010) ("the TCPA" or "the Act"). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court's decision in all...

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