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SABLE COMMUNICATIONS OF CAL., INC. v. FCC

No. 88-515.

492 U.S. 115 (1989)

SABLE COMMUNICATIONS OF CALIFORNIA, INC. v. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 1989

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Taranto argued the cause for appellees in No. 88-515 and for appellants in No. 88-525. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Bryson, Assistant Attorney General Bolton, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, Barbara L. Herwig, Jacob M. Lewis, and Diane S. Killory.

Laurence H. Tribe argued the cause for appellant in No. 88-515 and for appellee in No. 88-525. With him on the brief were Brian Stuart Koukoutchos, Lawrence E. Abelman, Norman S. Beier, Richard K. Simon, and Lee L. Blackman.†

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue before us is the constitutionality of § 223(b) of the Communications Act of 1934. 47 U. S. C. § 223(b) (1982 ed., Supp. V). The statute, as amended in 1988, imposes an outright ban on indecent as well as obscene interstate commercial telephone messages. The District Court upheld the prohibition against obscene interstate telephone communications for commercial purposes, but enjoined the enforcement...

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