Supreme Court of the United States

Marcus D. Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC

January 18, 2012181 L. Ed. 2d 881

Summary

The Supreme Court held that federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction over private suits brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The Court reasoned that the TCPA’s grant of jurisdiction to state courts is permissive, not exclusive, and does not divest federal courts of their general federal-question jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331.