Legal Opinion
National Coalition of Prayer, Inc. v. Carter
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 2006No. 05-3995PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs are charities that Indiana’s Telephone Privacy Act (“the Act”) precludes from fundraising through professional telemarketers. They claim that the Act violates their First Amendment right to freedom of speech because it is content-based, underbroad, and a prior restraint on speech. The district court granted summary judgment to the State, and Plaintiffs now appeal. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the district court.
I. Background
In May 2001, Indiana’s governor signed into law the Indiana Telephone Privacy Act, codified at Indiana Code § 24^4.7.…
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