Legal Opinion
Mid-Texas Communications Systems, Inc. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1980No. 79-1221PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
This is an antitrust action by Woodlands Telecommunications Corporation (WTC) for damages against Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (Bell) based on alleged violations of sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Anti-trust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 & 2. WTC, a new corporation formed for the purpose of providing telephone service within a new residential development outside of Houston, Texas, known as The Woodlands, based its suit principally on the refusal of the defendant to provide toll interconnection of the proposed telephone facility with the Bell System. The case was…
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