Spokeo Redux: Minn. District Court Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss TCPA Case for Lack of Standing

Relying on the Supreme Court case of Spokeo v. Robbins, (136 S.Ct. 1540 (2016), on August 3rd U.S. District Court Judge Richard H. Kyle denied a request to dismiss a plaintiff’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claim for lack of standing.

The case is Ung v. Universal Acceptance Corporation, (Case No. 15-127-( RHK/FLN) (United States District Court, District of Minnesota, August 5, 2016). A copy of the Order denying Defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction can be found here.

In this action, Plaintiff Spencer Ung alleged that Defendant Universal Acceptance