No. 23-42

Lawrence Pascal v. Concentra, Inc.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-07-14
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: autodialer automatic-telephone-dialing-system borden database-applications facebook-v-duguid random-number-generator random-or-sequential-number-generator sequential-number-generator statutory-interpretation telecommunications-law telephone-consumer-protection-act
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

47 U.S.C. § 227(a)(1) of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") defines an automatic telephone dialing system ("autodialer") as equipment which has the capacity (A) to store or produce telephone numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator; and (B) to dial such numbers. The question presented is as follows:

Whether equipment that stores telephone numbers to be called using a random or sequential number generator and dials such numbers qualifies as an autodialer.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether equipment that stores telephone numbers to be called using a random or sequential number generator and dials such numbers qualifies as an autodialer

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-28
2023-08-14
2023-08-03
2023-07-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2023)

Attorneys

Concentra, Inc.
Raymond A. CardozoReed Smith, LLP, Respondent
Lawrence Pascal
Mark Louis JavitchJavitch Law Office, Petitioner