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ROE v. MEESE

No. 88 Civ. 4420 (MJL).

689 F.Supp. 344 (1988)

Jane ROE, John Doe, Inc., and Consenting Adults Telephone Rights Association, Plaintiffs, v. Edwin MEESE, III, Attorney General of the United States, and Federal Communications Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ennis, Friedman & Bersoff by Bruce J. Ennis, Jr., David W. Ogden, Washington, D.C., and Lankenau, Kovner & Bickford by Richard D. Emery, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty. S.D. of N.Y. by Michael D. Pinnisi, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

LOWE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Jane Roe, John Doe, Inc., and the Consenting Adults Telephone Rights Association challenge the constitutionality of 47 U.S.C. § 223(b), as amended by the "Telephone Decency Act" earlier this year. The amended statute bans "indecent" and "obscene" interstate telephone communications for commercial purposes. The plaintiffs are engaged in the business of providing live telephone conversations that are...

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