United States First Circuit

In a challenge to Puerto Rico's "Registry Act," which requires telephone companies and other sellers of prepaid phones to provide information about the purchasers of such phones to the government of Puerto Rico, the district court properly determined that the Registry Act is preempted by the federal Stored Communications Act (SCA), and its enforcement should be enjoined, because the SCA prohibits wireless service providers from providing customer information to the government without a subpoena.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/09/2014
• Published 05/09/2014

Judges

• TORRUELLA

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel