Legal Opinion
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Metro-Link Telecom, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided April 4, 1996No. 14-93-00987-CVPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOWLER, Justice.
Metro-Link Telecom, Inc. (Metro-Link) sued Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (Bell) for: (1) attempting to compel Metro-Link to pay higher rates than Bell had initially agreed to charge; (2) for taking away some services Bell agreed to give; and (8) for threatening to take away other services Bell agreed to give Metro-Link. Bell claims among other things that it is immune from suit because it is required to provide services and charge rates in accordance with its tariffs filed with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), and that the rates and services Metro-Link was…
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