Legal Opinion
Disk 'N' Data, Inc. v. AT&T Communications
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 19, 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
After a jury verdict in the Superior Court in favor of the plaintiff against the defendants, AT&T Communications and American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), a judge limited the plaintiff’s damages pursuant to Federal Communications Commission Tariffs No. 259 and No. 2 (Tariff F.C.C. No. 259). See note 5, infra. The plain*887tiff appealed. We transferred the case here on our own motion, and we now affirm.
We summarize the relevant facts.2 The plaintiff sold computer software by “telemarketing.” It advertised and promoted its business by using a toll-free “800” telephone number obtained in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Ivy Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company and New York Telephone Company, Defendants-Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Pilot Industries v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1979
- Travelers Insurance v. SCM Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 1984
- Stand Buys, Ltd. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1986
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. NSTAR Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- CMG Holdings, Inc. v. AT&T Corp.Massachusetts Superior Court · 2000
- MacDougall ex rel. MacDougall v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Superior Court · 1997
- Maryland Casualty Corp. v. NSTAR Electric Co.Massachusetts Superior Court · 2013