Indiana robocall ban not preempted by federal law

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Indiana robocall ban not preempted by federal law

BY JONATHAN STEMPEL
Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:12am EST

(Reuters) - An Indiana state law banning a variety of automated telephone calls was given new life as a federal appeals court concluded that the law was not preempted by federal law.

In a decision released late on Thursday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said a lower court judge erred in concluding that the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act supplanted Indiana's law regulating the calls.

It directed the lower court to consider whether the Indiana law violates callers' free speech rights under the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Automated calling often prompts complaints because they are considered annoying or raise privacy concerns.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/us-indiana-robocall-decision-idUSBRE9AL0M320131122

[Brigid]

1. One of the few things . . .

This screwed-up state actually gets right.