Legal Opinion

Russell v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company

District Court, E.D. Texas

Decided February 9, 1955No. Civ. A. 1734PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHEEHY, District Judge.

The plaintiff Mark Russell is seeking to recover from the defendant, the owner and operator of the telephone exchange and system in Tyler, Texas, damages he claims to have sustained because of the defendant’s failure to list his business telephone in its alphabetical telephone directory and his failure to place his advertising in its classified directory published and distributed to its customers in Tyler, Texas on or about March 1, 1954.

The pertinent facts as found are as follows:

For some time prior to February, 1951 Audiphone Hearing Aid Company conducted a hearing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hazel B. McTighe v. New England Telephone and Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
  2. Hamilton Employment Service, Inc. v. New York Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
  3. Kelly v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1923

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Allen v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1969
  2. Warner v. Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
  3. Baird v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 2001
  4. Wade v. Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
  5. University Hills, Etc. v. Mountain States, Etc.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1976

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