BIRCHMEIER v. CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE, INC.

Nos. 17-1626, 17-1778, 17-1953, 17-1969, 17-1984 & 17-2857.

896 F.3d 792 (2018)

Grant BIRCHMEIER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants. Appeals of: Caribbean Cruise Line, Inc.; Vacation Ownership Marketing Tours, Inc.; The Berkley Group, Inc.; Freedom Home Care, Inc.; Kevin McCabe

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 24, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Edelson , Ryan D. Andrews , Roger Perlstadt , Alexander Glenn Tievsky, Attorneys, EDELSON P.C., Jon C. Loevy , Michael Kanovitz , Scott R. Rauscher , Attorneys, Chicago, IL, Rafey S. Balabanian , Eve-Lynn J. Rapp , Attorneys, EDELSON, P.C., San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Todd C. Bank , Attorney, LAW OFFICE OF TODD C. BANK, Kew Gardens, NY, for Appellant.

Jeffrey A. Backman , John H. Pelzer , Attorneys, GREENSPOON MARDER PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendants-Appellees CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE, INCORPORATED, VACATION OWNERSHIP MARKETING TOURS, INCORPORATED.

Vincent J. Connelly , Attorney, MAYER BROWN LLP, Joanne R. Driscoll , Kevin M. Forde , Kevin R. Malloy , Brian P. O'Meara , Attorneys, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee BERKLEY GROUP, INCORPORATED.

Jeffrey A. Backman , Attorney, GREENSPOON MARDER PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendants CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE, INCORPORATED, VACATION OWNERSHIP MARKETING TOURS, INCORPORATED.

John H. Pelzer , Attorney, GREENSPOON MARDER PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendants ECONOMIC STRATEGY GROUP, ECONOMIC STRATEGY GROUP, INCORPORATED, ECONOMIC STRATEGY LLC.

Before Easterbrook and Rovner, Circuit Judges, and Griesbach, District Judge.


During 2011 and 2012 a million people received phone calls asking them to take political surveys in exchange for a chance to go on a free cruise. Some recipients filed a class action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. §227, seeking damages for these unsolicited communications. Caribbean Cruise...

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