Legal Opinion
Information Providers' Coalition for Defense of the First Amendment v. Federal Communications Commission
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1991No. 90-70379PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge:
In this petition for review of a Report and Order of the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission” or “FCC”), we revisit continued Congressional efforts to prevent minors from using telephone lines to gain access to “dial-a-porn” programs. The petitioner has challenged the 1989 amendment to the Communications Act, known as the Helms Amendment, 47 U.S.C. §§ 223(b), et seq., and the FCC’s Report and Order and the regulations promulgated thereunder, 47 C.F.R. § 64.201 (1990), as violative of the first and fifth amendments to the United States Constitution.
The 1989…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kolender v. LawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by15 opinions
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