Legal Opinion
Patton v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided October 18, 1965No. Civ. A. No. 1710PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIDNEY O. SMITH, Jr., District Judge.
This is a suit in which the plaintiff seeks to recover the sum of $1,370,250.00 as damages he contends he suffered as the result of a malicious prosecution on the part of the defendant of the offense of fraudulently charging a long distance telephone call to an unauthorized number. In the original petition, the plaintiff claims as a part of his damages that he has suffered:
“ * * * great humiliation and embarrassment, shame, and disgrace among his friends, neighbors and business associates, great public scorn and ridicule, inconvenience and that his…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- St. Regis Paper Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Sinclair Refining Co. v. Jenkins Petroleum Process Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Hal Fulenwider, Jr., and Marion Fulenwider, Individually and as Co-Partners D/B/A Easy Glitter Wax Co. v. Elmer WheelerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- The SultanaDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1948
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Mallinckrodt Chemical Works v. Goldman, Sachs & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Baxter v. Savannah Sugar Refining Corp.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1968
- City Consumer Services, Inc. v. David G.District Court, D. Utah · 1983
- Sackman v. Liggett Group, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1997
- Xerox Corp. v. International Business Machines Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1977