A federal court upheld a dial-a-porn service.
The district court in Phoenix ruled in favor of Carlin Communications, publisher of High Society magazine, in its bid to reinstate its sexually suggestive telephone service, which the telephone company, Mountain Bell, said it plans to appeal. Judge Charles Hardy said Mountain Bell’s termination of the service in Phoenix violated the constitutional right of free speech of High Society and its calling customers.
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