Court: federal suit should have been dismissed
The federal District Court in Indianapolis should have dismissed a suit challenging Indiana’s prerecorded telephone messages statute because a state court was already considering the issue and could have provided an adequate legal remedy, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today.The three-judge appellate panel also chastised U.S. District Judge Larry McKinney for concluding last October that the then-approaching 2006 congressional election was a reason for urgent attention on this issue.The 7th Circuit decision came in FreeEats.com, Inc. v. State of…