In a California class action suit ("Minton v. Herbalife International, et al.") filed on February 17, 2005, the plaintiff challenged "the marketing practices of certain Herbalife International independent distributors under various state laws". In a West Virginia class action suit ("Mey v. Herbalife International, Inc., et al.") filed on July 16, 2003, the plaintiffs allege that some of Herbalife International's distributors used pre-recorded telephone messages and autodialers to contact prospective customers in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The case was resolved with Herbalife and its distributors paying $7 million into a fund for class members part of the suit.