United States Tenth Circuit

Dismissal of lawsuits brought by plaintiffs seeking damages for unsolicited faxes under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is affirmed where plaintiffs lacked of standing because the underlying assignment of TCPA claims to them was invalid. However, contrary to the lower court's finding, diversity jurisdiction is available for TCPA claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2007
• Published 02/08/2007

Judges

• KELLY, Circuit Judge., Before, KELLY, McKAY, and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew L. Quiat, General Counsel, U.S. Fax Law Center, Inc., Centennial, Colorado, (Frank J. Ball and Stephen S. Allen, Law Offices of Frank J. Ball, Greenwood Village, Colorado, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant U.S. Fax Law Center, Inc., Agim M. Demirali, The Demirali Law Firm, P.C., Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant Consumer Crusade, Inc.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brandee L. Caswell, (Natalie M. Hanlon-Leh and Jennifer T.K. Harrison, on the briefs), Faegre & Benson, L.L.P., Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees iHire, LLC, David MacFadyen and Lara L. Horne-Albrecht., Douglas A. Turner, Douglas A. Turner, P.C., Golden, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellee Avalona Communications and Peter Emmanuel.