In doing some cursory poking around online I’m not finding the filings that the Direct Marketing Association, um, filed in their various lawsuits. They’re probably readily available and I’m just missing them. So we’ve heard about two successful-so-far suits decided on different grounds; how many suits did DMA file altogether? In what courts? Did they file identical claims in all jurisdictions or did they break them up? Speculation: how much of their choice was motivated by forum shopping based either on the district court or the circuit? What do we know of the other rulings from the judges who have heard the cases so far? Anything that would seem to indicate they would be favorable to particular arguments?
Please do NOT turn this thread into yet another debate on the DMA, the FTC, the do-not-call list, crackpot judges, evil telemarketers, Congress or whatever other ax you want to grind. I did my own forum shopping and we are in GQ.
I’m not sure they’d be “readily available” online, OTTO. The various courts sometimes post their rulings on their websites, but rarely post the parties’filings (IME). A lot of courts don’t even post the rulings, unless there’s some precedential value (like from a court of appeals) or wide public interest. But the documents filed by the parties – their pleadings and associated motions – will not have precedential value and probably won’t be of interest to the public, at least not in the same way the ultimate ruling is, so probably wil not be posted by the court’s website. But then I haven’t looked; you can read the decision, which I believe is linked in the Pit thread and I know was attached to several on-line news reports, find out the court that issued it, then go t the court’s website and see what else is also posted there. Though probably you’ve already done that.
As to the rest of your questions – there is not AFAIK any national clearing house for lawsuits filed by any particular party. So it would be very difficult to tell how many separate jurisdictions a party filed cases in, or what the allegations in those cases were, unless the company made public its current litigation list – highly unlikely – or someone took it upon themselves to figure it out (like, say, a journalist).