Legal Opinion

Bellsouth Advertising & Publishing Corp. v. Tennessee Regulatory Authority

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided July 10, 2002PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which FRANK DROWOTA, III, C.J., E. RILEY ANDERSON, JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ. joined.

This consolidated appeal presents two very important issues. They are: (1) whether the Tennessee Regulatory Authority has the authority to require that the names and logos of local telephone service providers who compete with Bell-South Telecommunications, Inc. be included on the cover of white pages telephone directories published by BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation on behalf of BellSouth…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Wooley v. MaynardSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Board of Trustees of State Univ. of NY v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Abood v. Detroit Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. E. Ron Pickard v. Tennessee Water Quality Control BoardTennessee Supreme Court · 2013
  2. Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority v. UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 2015
  3. Vodafone Americas Holdings, Inc. & Subsidiaries v. Richard H. Roberts, Commissioner of Revenue, State of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2016
  4. Bellsouth Advertising & Publishing Corp. v. Tennessee Regulatory AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  5. Safelite Group, Inc. v. JepsenDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2013

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