American Nazi Party v. Zindler

In November 1977 Marvin Zindler, the appellee, sued Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and the American Nazi Party, both appellants herein, seeking to restrain them from playing, or allowing to be played, a recorded telephone message which was then available to callers to the American Nazi Party’s listed telephone number. On December 8, 1977, following a hearing, the district court granted the ap-pellee’s request for a temporary injunction. The order temporarily enjoined the appellants from playing or causing to be played on the telephone the following recorded phrases and portions of…