Teltech Systems, Incorporated v. Phil Bryan

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-Appellants Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi, and Jim Hood, its Attorney General (Defendants), contest a summary judgment’s holding the Mississippi Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act, Miss. Code AnN. § 77-3-805, violates the Commerce Clause, U.S. Const, art. I § 8, cl. 3. Also at issue is whether the Act: (1) is conflict-preempted by the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009, 47 U.S.C. § 227(e); and (2) comports with the First Amendment. The judgment is upheld on a preemption basis. AFFIRMED.

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“Spoofing” is misrepresenting the originating telephone…