South Central Bell Telephone Co. v. Simon

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

South Central Bell Telephone Company appeals from a preliminary injunction, entered by the District Court sitting in bankruptcy, compelling it to provide continued telephone service to the debtor, Fontainebleau Hotel Corporation. Under the plan devised by the District Court, the telephone company is to receive payment in advance for each month’s service and the hotel is to be permitted to retain the telephone numbers it was using before the filing of the petition in bankruptcy. We affirm.

I. Factual Background

The telephone company has been providing service to the…