A court in Utah has dismissed a proposed class action suit against Sprint Communications Inc. for sending out unsolicited e-mails, in the first court test of the state’s 10-month old anti-spam law, according to the Associated Press.
The suit was filed in state court in July by South Salt Lake resident Terry Gillman, who accused the Kansas City frim of violating the Unsolicited E-mail Act by sending him advertising.
Third district judge Denise Lindberg found that Gillman had given his permission to receive third-party promotional messages when he signed on to the Audio Galaxy Web site (www.audiogalaxy.com) in April.
That site sold e-mail addresses to other parties, including Sprint.
“At least in cases similar to this one, this ruling has a great deal of importance,” Sprint attorney Paul Drecksel said.
He noted that this ruling was important in light of the more than 30 states with often conflicting anti-spam laws.
Neither Gillman nor his attorney Denver Snuffer could be reached for comment.
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