District Court Finds Calls To Cell Phones Do Not Violate The TCPA's Prohibition Against Telephone Solicitations To Residential Telephone Subscribers [telecom]

by Mark D. Kundmueller and David Gettings

In an Order issued December 16, 2020, the Eastern District of Texas adopted the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Kimberly C. Priest Johnson finding that calls placed to a cellular telephone do not qualify as calls to a residential telephone subscriber for purposes of § 227(c) of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA").