Legal Opinion
Sprint Corp. v. Evans
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided February 14, 1994No. Civ. A. No. 93-T-284-NPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Sprint Corporation charges in this lawsuit that the Attorney General of Alabama’s attempt, under the Alabama criminal anti-obscenity statute, 1975 Ala.Code §§ 13A-12-200.1, et seq., to prosecute it for providing interstate “800” telephone service violates federal law. In its complaint as amended, Sprint asserts three claims against defendant Attorney General James H. Evans: first, that application of the state statute is preempted by the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C.A. §§ 151, et seq.; second, that such application would…
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