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GAREY v. JAMES S. FARRIN, P.C.

No. 21-1478, No. 21-1480.

35 F.4th 917 (2022)

William Parker GAREY; Aaron Kent Cruthis; Justin Brent Blakeslee; Adilah Haneefah-Khadi McNeil; Charlotte Moffat Clevenger; Belinda Lee Steinmetz, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JAMES S. FARRIN, P.C., d/b/a Law Offices of James Scott Farrin; Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban, P.C.; Riddle & Brantley, L.L.P.; Wallace Pierce Law, PLLC; R. Bradley Van Laningham; Lanier Law Group, P.A.; James S. Farrin; Donald W. Marcari; Sean A. Cole; Jared Pierce; Van Laningham & Associates, PLLC, d/b/a Bradley Law Group; Lisa Lanier; Chris Roberts; Crumley Roberts, LLP; Hardison & Cochran, PLLC; Benjamin T. Cochran; Ted A. Greve & Associates, P.A.; Ted A. Greve; Law Offices of Michael A. DeMayo, L.L.P.; Michael A. DeMayo; Hardee & Hardee, LLP; Charles Hardee; G. Wayne Hardee; Katherine E. Andrews-Lanier, Defendants-Appellees, and United States of America, Intervenor. Johnathan Hatch; Mark F. Dvorsky; Kelly Epperson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Shaterika Nicholson, Plaintiff, v. Michael A. DeMayo; Law Offices of Michael A. DeMayo, L.L.P; The Law Offices of Michael A. DeMayo, P.C.; Jason E. Taylor; Law Offices of Jason E. Taylor, P.C.; Benjamin T. Cochran; Hardison & Cochran, PLLC; Carl B. Nagle; Nagle & Associates, P.A.; John J. Gelshenen, Jr.; Davis & Gelshenen, LLP; Mark I. Farbman; Mark Farbman, P.A.; Ted A. Greve; Ted A. Greve & Associates, P.A.; Christopher Thomas May; Estwanik Any May, P.L.L.C., Defendants-Appellees, United States of America, Intervenor, and Michael J. Lewis; Lewis & Associates Attorneys At Law, P.A.; Thomas Kreger, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 3, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: J. David Stradley , WHITE & STRADLEY, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellants. Matthew Nis Leerberg , FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. Amanda Mundell , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. ON BRIEF: Robert P. Holmes, IV , WHITE & STRADLEY, LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina; John F. Bloss HIGGINS BENJAMIN, PLLC, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellants. Reid C. Adams, Jr. , Jonathan R. Reich , WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Bradley M. Risinger , Troy D. Shelton , Jeffrey R. Whitley , FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina; Harold C. Spears , CAUDLE & SPEARS, P.A., Charlotte, North Carolina; David Coats , BAILEY & DIXON, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. Brian M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Wilkinson and Judge Thacker joined.

The Defendants here, a number of personal injury lawyers, obtained car accident reports from North Carolina law enforcement agencies and private data brokers. The reports included the names and addresses of the drivers involved in those accidents. The Defendants used that personal information to mail unsolicited...

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