General Telephone Co. v. Lowe

George Rose Smith, Justice.

For many years the telephone rates on both sides of the Arkansas-Texas line in Texarkana were the same. In May, 1977, the appellant, which serves a number of cities and towns in Arkansas and Texas, raised its rates in Texarkana, Arkansas, without raising its rates in Texarkana, Texas. The appellee brought this class suit to enjoin the enforcement of the rate increase in Texarkana, Arkansas. This appeal is from a decree permitting the company to collect its former rates on the Arkansas side, but enjoining the collection of the increase until a similar increase has…