Nunes v. Twitter, Inc.

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:14-cv-02843

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutory Actions

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Vince Chhabria

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  1. December 20, 2017

    Twitter Escapes TCPA Claims After Plaintiff Drops Case

    A recipient of unwanted text message tweets has agreed to drop her proposed class action accusing Twitter Inc. of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending hundreds of messages to users of recycled cellphone numbers, according to Tuesday's joint filing in California federal court.

  2. August 25, 2016

    Twitter Can't Appeal Ruling On TCPA Liability For Texts

    An appeals court won’t be reviewing a decision in a proposed class action against Twitter Inc., a California federal judge said Thursday, asserting that the social media giant is ultimately responsible for sending hundreds of text-message tweets to recycled-cellphone users in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

  3. July 18, 2016

    Twitter Fights To Appeal Ruling On TCPA Liability For Texts

    Twitter Inc. wants an appeals court to immediately review a California federal judge's order in a proposed class action that the social media heavyweight is ultimately responsible for the sending of hundreds of unwanted tweets as text messages, the company told the judge Friday.

  4. July 05, 2016

    Twitter Was Sender Of Unwanted Texts, Judge Says

    Twitter is ultimately responsible for sending hundreds of text-message tweets to recycled-cellphone users in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a California federal judge has ruled.

  5. May 06, 2016

    Twitter Itself Texts The Tweets That Makes Her Cell Ring: Suit

    The leader of a proposed class action claiming Twitter sent her hundreds of text-message tweets in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act criticized the social media giant for asserting the "extraordinary and untenable proposition" that blame rested with the previous owner of her cell phone number.

  6. April 13, 2016

    Twitter Says Unwanted Texts Not An Intermediary's Problem

    Social media giant Twitter says it shouldn't be held accountable after hundreds of tweets were text-messaged to a phone number that had switched owners, telling a California federal court that the law doesn't force an "intermediary service," like Twitter, to pay for such mistakes, especially via putative class action.

  7. March 17, 2016

    Twitter Blamed For Unwanted Texts In $5M Consumer Suit

    The leader of a $5 million proposed class action alleging Twitter violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited text messages told a California judge Thursday that only the social media giant could have sent the hundreds of unwanted texts in question and is therefore liable.

  8. December 01, 2014

    Twitter Can't Dodge $5M TCPA Class Action

    A California federal judge has nixed Twitter Inc.'s attempt to escape a $5 million proposed class action alleging the social media giant violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited text messages, saying that the equipment Twitter uses to make calls is considered an automatic dialing system.

  9. November 05, 2014

    Twitter Looks To Sink User's $5M TCPA Suit

    Twitter Inc. on Tuesday pushed back against a bid to keep alive a $5 million proposed class action accusing the social networking service of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited text messages, arguing that it didn't use prohibited automatic dialing equipment.

  10. September 17, 2014

    Twitter Targets $5M TCPA Suit, Says Texts Were Solicited

    Twitter Inc. asked a California federal judge on Tuesday to throw out a $5 million proposed class action accusing the social networking service of violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unsolicited text messages, arguing the texts weren't sent unsolicited by automated systems prohibited by the law.

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