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FABULOUS ASSOCIATES v. PA. PUBLIC UTILITY COM'N

Civ. A. Nos. 88-4178, 88-4276.

693 F.Supp. 332 (1988)

FABULOUS ASSOCIATES, INC. v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, et al. SAPPHIRE COMMUNICATIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA, INC. v. Robert P. CASEY, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

August 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen H. Richardson, Phillips & Phelan, Philadelphia, Pa., Lawrence E. Abelman, Norman S. Beier, Abelman, Frayne, Rezac, New York City, for Sapphire Communications of Pennsylvania, Inc.

Scott Morgan, Rapp, White, Janssen & German, Ltd., Philadelphia, Pa., Anthony W. Parker (pro hac vice), for Fabulous Associates, Inc.

Maria Parisi Vickers, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Chief, Eastern Region, Office of Attorney General, Philadelphia, Pa., Barry Kramer, Deputy Atty. Gen., Pennsylvania Public Utilities Comm'n, Gov. Robert Casey and Attorney General Leroy Zimmerman.

James D. Crawford, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania.

MEMORANDUM

CLIFFORD SCOTT GREEN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in the above captioned actions, Fabulous Associates, Inc. and Sapphire Communications of Pennsylvania, Inc., are providers of sexually explicit telephone message services colloquially referred to as "dial-a-porn". At the time of complaint and hearing, customers interested in accessing pre-recorded or live messages did so by dialing a number on the "976" telephone exchange. Plaintiffs commenced...

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