Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1989-06-23

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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 inte…

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