United States Seventh Circuit

In plaintiff's suit under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), against the defendant for sending a fax advertising a trade show to the plaintiff, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly determined that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the validity of the "established business relationship" (EBR) defense; and 2) district court correctly determined that the EBR exemption applies in this case as the parties' publisher-subscriber relationships falls within the scope of business relationships the FCC intended the EBR defense to cover.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/20/2010
• Decided 05/27/2010
• Published 05/27/2010

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Phillip A. Bock, Attorney, Bock & Hatch, David M. Oppenheim, Attorney, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, Ryan M. Kelly, Anderson & Wanca, Rolling Meadows, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David F. Cutter, Attorney, Troutman Sanders, Chicago, IL, Theresa M. Trzaskoma, Attorney, Brune & Richard LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.