Legal Opinion
Southwestern Bell Media, Inc. v. Lyles
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided February 6, 1992No. 01-90-00848-CVPublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DUGGAN, Justice.
Southwestern Bell Media, Inc., sued Vernon Lyles, owner of Freedom Bail Bonding Company, seeking to collect balances allegedly due on advertising purchased by Lyles in the 1986 and 1987 Yellow Pages. Lyles counterclaimed asserting that Southwestern Bell had breached its contracts with him and had violated the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Act (DTPA)1 by accepting money intended as payment for new advertising, applying that money to a disputed account for old advertising, misrepresenting its application of the money, and excluding his advertisements from the 1988…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Garza v. AlviarTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- Willis v. MaverickTexas Supreme Court · 1988
- Woods v. William M. Mercer, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1988
- Davis v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1988
- Rourke v. GarzaTexas Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by112 opinions
- Goggins v. LeoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1993
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- HTS Services, Inc. v. Hallwood Realty Partners, L.P., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2005
- Fulgham v. Fischer, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2011
- Williford Energy Co. v. Submergible Cable Services, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1994
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