Legal Opinion
Patriotic Veterans, Inc. v. State of Indiana
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 2013No. 11-3265PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Legislators in the State of Indiana believe that the bulk of its citizens find automated telephone messages to be an annoyance, and one worthy of government protection. These types of telephone calls are made by an automatic dialing-announcing device that (according to Indiana’s definition) selects and dials telephone numbers and disseminates a prerecorded or synthesized voice message to the telephone number called. See Ind. Code § 24-5-14-1. In common parlance these calls are often referred to as “robo-calls.”
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2Cases cited39 opinions
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- English v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Gregory v. AshcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by52 opinions
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