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SHANNON v. TELCO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 87-1054.

824 F.2d 150 (1987)

James M. SHANNON, As He is Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. TELCO COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and Donald Quatrucci, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johanna Soris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Division of Public Charities, Public Protection Bureau, with whom Leslie G. Espinoza, Asst. Atty. Gen., Division of Public Charities, Public Protection Bureau, and James M. Shannon, Atty. Gen., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Peter S. Brooks with whom Louis J. Scerra, Jr. and Goldstein & Manello were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and RE, Judge.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Telco is a private Rhode Island corporation that raises funds for charities. The Attorney General of Massachusetts sued Telco in a Massachusetts court, claiming that Telco had violated a Massachusetts law that says that a "professional solicitor" (such as Telco) may not "receive compensation" that exceeds "twenty-five per cent of the total moneys, pledges or other property raised or received by reason of any [charity-related] solicitation activities...

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