Bridgecrest’s Constitutional Challenge to Robocall Law Fizzles

A loan agency can still be held liable for unwanted robocalls, a federal judge in Arizona ruled, rejecting Bridgecrest Acceptance Corp.’s claim that it was in the clear because of a 2020 Supreme Court decision.

Tonya Canady said in her class action complaint that Bridgecrest Acceptance Corp. repeatedly called her, even when she asked them to stop, after her husband bought a vehicle with financing from the company’s predecessor.

The loan servicer argued that it hadn’t violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Curt’s 2020 decision in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants Inc., ...