Legal Opinion
American Information Enterprises, Inc. v. Thornburgh
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 13, 1990No. 90 Civ. 1719 (RPP)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT P. PATTERSON, Jr., District Judge.
Plaintiffs move, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(a), for a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of that portion of the 1989 amendment to the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. §§ 223(b) and (c) (“the Helms Amendment”), which regulates the communication of “indecent” speech over the telephone. Plaintiffs, who refer to themselves as “information providers” (“IP’s”), .operate various types of commercial telephone services, which offer listeners, either exclusively or in part, a sexually explicit content.…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Information Providers' Coalition for Defense of the First Amendment v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Dial Information Services Corp. of New York v. ThornburghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
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- Information Providers' Coalition for Defense of the First Amendment v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991