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Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC

Docket No.10-1195
Op. Below11th Cir.
ArgumentNov 28, 2011

Holding

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act"s grant of jurisdiction to state courts does not deprive the federal district courts of federal-question jurisdiction over private lawsuits seeking to enforce the Act.

Plain English Holding

The fact that a federal law, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, allows lawsuits to be brought in state courts to enforce the Act does not strip federal courts of the ability to hear such cases as well.

Judgment

Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Jan 18, 2012.

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