Legal Opinion

Dr. Brendan M. Miles v. American Telephone & Telegraph Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 22, 1983No. 82-1533PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Brendan M. Miles appeals the summary judgment dismissal of his tortious invasion of privacy suit against American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT & T). The district court granted AT & T’s motion on the ground that AT & T was not liable as the alter ego of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (Southwestern) and South Central Bell Telephone Company (South Central). Finding no error of fact or law, we affirm.

Factual Background

Brendan Miles and his wife Elizabeth separated in October 1975. Mrs. Miles left the matrimonial domicile in…

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