U.S. v. DISH NETWORK L.L.C.

No. 17-3111.

954 F.3d 970 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DISH NETWORK L.L.C., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindsey Powell , Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America.

Vesna Cuk , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, Jon Worm , Attorney, Jinsook Ohta, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee State of California.

Evan Siegel , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Illinois.

Teresa L. Townsend , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division, Raleigh, NC, for Plaintiff-Appellee State of North Carolina.

Erin B. Leahy , Attorney, Jeffrey R. Loeser , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Columbus, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Ohio.

Easha Anand , Attorney, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kelsi Brown Corkran , Attorney, Eric Shumsky , Attorney, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, Elyse Echtman , Attorney, E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Attorney, Naomi J. Scotten , Attorney, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Bradley Michael Rose , Attorney, Kaye, Rose & Partners, LLP, Beverly Hills, CA, for Amicus Curiae Cruise Lines International Association.

Stephanie A. Scharf , Attorney, Scharf Banks Marmor LLC, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Incorporated.

Before Easterbrook, Kanne, and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


After a bench trial that lasted five weeks and produced 475 typed pages of findings, a district judge concluded that DISH Network and its agents committed more than 65 million violations of telemarketing statutes and regulations. 256 F.Supp.3d 810 (C.D. Ill. 2017) (183 printed pages). The penalty: $280 million. DISH does...

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