The court paper shows that more than 500,000 cellphone users could be part of the class.
However, Shah declined to certify a separate class for this case.
He said that in that part of the case, the proposed plaintiff had agreed to receive welcome messages.
Yahoo did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
Keith Keogh, a lawyer for Johnson, said: We appreciate the courts thorough analysis.
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