Patterson v. Verizon Wireless

¶1 Appellant John B. Patterson (Patterson) appeals from the order of Montana’s Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, granting summary judgment in favor of Respondent Verizon Wireless. We affirm.

¶2 We consider the following issue on appeal:

Did the District Court err in granting summary judgment to Respondent Verizon Wireless?

BACKGROUND

¶3 As early as 1995, Bell Atlantic Corporation and Vodafone Air Touch Pic began discussing opportunities for collaboration in the burgeoning wireless telephone market. To further collaboration, those companies entered into a partnership and created an…