Soppet v. ENHANCED RECOVERY CO., LLC

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA or “the Act”), 47 U.S.C. § 227, is well known for its provisions limiting junk-fax transmissions. A less-litigated part of the Act curtails the use of automated dialers and prerecorded messages to cell phones, whose subscribers often are billed by the minute as soon as the call is answered — and routing a call to voicemail counts as answering the call. An automated call to a landline phone can be an annoyance; an automated call to a cell phone adds expense to annoyance. This suit arises from dozens of automated calls made to…