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Majority Opinion
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White, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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Scalia, J., Brennan, J. (concurring in part and dissenting in part, joined by Marshall, J., & Stevens, J.) |
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Lower Court
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Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment claim upheld |
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Oral Arguments
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Oral Arguments
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
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| Briefs |
Benjamin W. Bull for Citizens for Decency Through Law, Inc.
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Bruce J. Ennis for Jane Roe
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Daniel M. Waggoner, Stuart R. Dunwoody, and Harold E. Akselrad for Home Box Office, Inc.
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Earl Nicholas Selby and William Bennett Turner for the Association of Interactive Information Providers
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John J. Adams for Minority Members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives
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Leonard Graff for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation
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Mark E. Chopko for the United States Catholic Conference
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Paul J. McGeady for Morality in Media, Inc.
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Peggy M. Coleman for the American Family Association, Inc.
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Robert T. Perry for John W. Olivo, Jr.
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Timothy B. Dyk et al. for Action for Children's Television et al.
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William J. Byrnes for the Pacifica Foundation
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| Ruling - Lower Court |
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| News |
"Many Demanding Curb on Phone Pornography," The New York Times, Feb. 19, 1984, p. 80
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Davis, Bob, "Proposed Curbs on Dial-a-Porn Are Seen Reducing Access to All Dial-Up Services," The Wall Street Journal, March 30, 1988, p. 21
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Diamond, S.J., "Do We Have to Live With Porn Purveyed By Phone?" The Los Angeles Times, April 22, 1984, Sect. D, p. 5
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Greenhouse, Linda, "Court to Rule on 'Dial-a-Porn' Law," The New York Times, Jan. 10, 1989, Sect. B, p. 5
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Greenhouse, Linda, "Justices Uphold Businesses' Right to Sell Phone Sex," The New York Times, June 24, 1989, p. 1
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Kamen, Al, "'Indecent' Speech Ban Overturned," The Washington Post, June 24, 1989, Sect. A, p. 1
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Landler, Mark, "Meese Targets Child Porn, Cable Shows," The Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23, 1986, p. 14
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Warmiel, Stephen, "Supreme Court Will Decide if Congress Can Ban Dial-a-Porn Phone Messages," The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 10, 1989, Sect. B, p. 8
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| Commentary |
Gartner, Michael, "Dial-a-Porn Ban is Obscene," The Wall Street Journal, April 28, 1988, p. 29
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