Legal Opinion
Missouri Ex Rel. Nixon v. American Blast Fax, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 21, 2003No. 02-2705, 02-2707PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
In these two consolidated cases the State of Missouri sued American Blast Fax, Inc. and Fax.com, Inc. for violating statutory restrictions on unsolicited fax advertising. The district court held that the relevant part of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(C) (2000), violated the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech, and dismissed the action. 2 Missouri ex rel. Nixon v. Am. Blast Fax, Inc., 196 F.Supp.2d 920, 934 (E.D.Mo.2002). Intervenor United States and Missouri appeal (collectively “the Government”). We reverse.
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