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a. First Amendment right of free speech, including commercial speech, had been violated
b. First Amendment right of free speech had not been violated because it does not protect commercial advertising
c. First Amendment right of free speech had not been violated, not because commercial speech has no protection, but because of public interest in energy conservation
d. state of New York cannot regulate public utilities without federal approval because of the commerce clause e. none of the other choices


a

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