Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Haines & Co.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Illinois Bell Telephone Company (“Illinois Bell”) brought suit against Haines and Company, Inc., (“Haines”) for copying information from its “white pages” telephone directory and including it in Haines’ street address directory and thus infringing on Illinois Bell’s copyright. Haines counterclaimed for alleged Sherman Act violations by Illinois Bell. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Illinois Bell on both counts, and Haines appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the district court.

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Illinois Bell is a public utility providing…