Seventh Circuit holds text messages do not constitute “telephone calls” under Section 227(c)(5) of the TCPA

In Steidinger v. Blackstone Medical Services, 182 F.4th 532 (7th Cir. 2026), the Seventh Circuit became the first federal appellate court to hold that text messages are not “telephone calls” within the meaning of Section 227(c)(5) of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”).... By: Kilpatrick