Legal Opinion
Sable Communications of California, Inc. v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 22, 1989No. Nos. 88-5586, 88-5596, 88-5798, 88-5819, 88-6065, 88-6127, 88-6130PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge:
Pacific Telephone (“Pacific Bell”), the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”), and General Telephone appeal from the grant of summary judgment for Sable Communications and Carlin Communications (collectively “Sable”) in Sable’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action challenging CPUC Rule 31, which authorized disconnection of telephone service for Sable’s sexually explicit messages under certain conditions. We also review the propriety of the award of attorneys’ fees to Sable under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. On the merits, we affirm, except as to the CPUC, which as an arm of…
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