Legal Opinion
Carlin Communications, Inc. v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1987No. 85-2797PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Modem telephonic technology permits the pervasive transmission of vast quantities of information, as well as Shakespeare, Shaw, and smut. The essential question before us is whether a regional telephone company, despite its public utility status, may refuse to carry smut on its dial-a-message network. The district court concluded that it may not. We disagree and therefore vacate the injunction granted below.
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FACTS
Carlin Communications supplies salacious telephone messages to the public. In early 1985, appellant Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. (Mountain Bell) began…
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