--- title: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That Single Text Message Can Satisfy Article III Standing in TCPA Action date: 2021-12-06T00:00:00-05:00 author: Import Bot canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/articles/fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals-rules-that-single-text-message-can-satisfy-article-iii-standing-in-tcpa-action" section: Articles --- # Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That Single Text Message Can Satisfy Article III Standing in TCPA Action January 2022 The Computer & Internet Lawyer In this article in *The Computer & Internet Lawyer*, Kelley Drye’s [Lauri Mazzuchetti](/Our-People/Lauri-A-Mazzuchetti), [Becca Wahlquist](/Our-People/Becca-J-Wahlquist), [Whitney Smith](/Our-People/Whitney-M-Smith), and [Luis Pena-Navarro](/Our-People/Luis-D-Pena-Navarro) review the recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruling that a single marketing text message alleged to have violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”) was sufficient for a plaintiff to meet the Article III injury requirement for standing. You can read the full article [here](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/viewpoints/Fifth-Circuit-Court-of-Appeals-Rules-That-Single-Text-Message-Can-Satisfy-Article-III-Standing_January-2022.pdf). - Share this entry - - - - - [ View entry pdf ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/pdf-snapshots/fifth-circuit-court-of-appeals-rules-that-single-text-message-can-satisfy-article-iii-standing-in-tcpa-action-20230802201156.pdf) ### Related Services - [Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) Defense](https://www.kelleydrye.com/practices/telephone-consumer-protection-act-tcpa-defense) Blog [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/Blog_Post_Listing.svg) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/adlaw_billboard_listing.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=e1a7aebcee8115938489d6575321e698) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/hawaii-enacts-a-synthetic-performer-law) Ad Law Access July 26, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/hawaii-enacts-a-synthetic-performer-law) Blog [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/Blog_Post_Listing.svg) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/Trade_and_Manufacturing_Monitor.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=fa2fce63dfde7da177148c0e92116e0e) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/trade-and-manufacturing-monitor/ustr-announces-final-tariff-rates-exclusions-and-tariff-rate-quotas) Trade and Manufacturing Monitor July 24, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/trade-and-manufacturing-monitor/ustr-announces-final-tariff-rates-exclusions-and-tariff-rate-quotas)