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142484P.pdf 06/08/2015 Ron Golan v. Veritas Entertainment, LLC
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 14-2484
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Shepherd, Circuit Judge, and Brooks,
District Judge]
Civil case - Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Here, the context of the
calls plaintiffs received on their answering machine indicates they were
made for the purpose of promoting a movie, "Last Ounce of Courage," and
were part of nationwide campaign to promote the film; as such, the calls
qualified as telemarketing and the district court erred in finding the
calls were exempt from regulation and that the plaintiffs had failed to
allege an injury in fact sufficient to confer Article III standing;
further, the court erred in finding the plaintiffs were inadequate class
representatives because they could not show their claims were typical of
putative class members; reversed and remanded for further proceedings.