The Supreme Court on Thursday shut down a class-action lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that the social media company had violated federal laws about robocalls.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in the court’s unanimous opinion that Facebook had not violated the 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act when it sent texts to Noah Duguid, alerting him of a Facebook login when he did not have an account. Sotomayor wrote that since Facebook’s method of sending the messages did not fit into the parameters of the law, it could not be held accountable under the TCPA.

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