Legal Opinion

Foshee v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF SOUTHEAST

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 20, 1975No. SC 1316PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EMBRY, Justice.

Appeal from judgment dismissing a class action against General Telephone Company seeking recovery of alleged overcharges for telephone service. Appellants are telephone service subscribers of General Telephone, appellee here. The subscriber class is represented by Crum Foshee. We affirm.

The sole issue for decision is whether the subscribers could prove any set of facts in support of their claim which would enti tie them to relief under any cognizable theory of law. ARCP 12(b) (6).

On 30 October 1972 the Alabama Public Service Commission granted General Telephone a rate increase.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Birmingham Broadcasting Co. v. BellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  2. State v. Alabama Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  3. Drennen Motor Car Co. v. EvansSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  4. Adams v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  5. Wash v. HuntSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Taffet v. Southern Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
  2. In Re Cardizem CD Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2000
  3. HANCOCK-HAZLETT GEN. CONST. CO. v. Trane Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1986
  4. Dickinson v. Cosmos Broadcasting Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  5. Marshall Durbin & Co. v. Jasper Utilities Bd.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1983

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