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
Key Terms:
Patent Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
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

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 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.

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