Mclaughlin Chiropractic Associates v. Mckesson Corporation

U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 20, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)

Decided
June 20, 2025
Term
October Term 2024
Vote
6–3
Majority author
Justice Kavanaugh
Issue area
Judicial Power
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Outcome
Petitioning party won
Ideological direction
Conservative

Opinion excerpt

PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 606 U. S. Part 1 Pages 146–184 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 20, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus McLAUGHLIN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATES, INC. v. McKESSON CORP. et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 23–1226. Argued January 21, 2025—Decided June 20, 2025 The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) protects businesses and consumers from intrusive telemarketing by prohibiting unsolicited fax advertisements to “telephone facsimile machines” absent an opt-out no- tice informing recipients that they can choose not to receive future faxes. 47 U. S. C. § 227. The Act provides a private right of action with statutory minimum damages of $500 per violation. McKesson Corporation, a healthcare company, sent unsolicited fax ad- vertisements through a subsidiary in 2009 and 2010 to medical practices, including McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates. McLaughlin sued Mc- Kesson in the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Califor- nia in 2014 for damages and an injunction,…

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