Legal Opinion

Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Atkin, Wright & Miles, Chartered

Utah Supreme Court

Decided April 27, 1984No. 18633PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HALL, Chief Justice:

Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. (Mountain Bell) brought this action to recover on a bond given by Atkin, Wright and Miles (the Atkin firm), a St. George law firm, to secure a preliminary injunction restraining Mountain Bell from placing an intercept on the main telephone line of the Atkin firm. The district court granted summary judgment for the firm, and Mountain Bell appeals. We reverse and remand for trial.

In October, 1980, Mountain Bell distributed the Southern Utah telephone directory, which includes St. George telephone listings, to its customers. As a…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Bowen v. Riverton CityUtah Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Grever v. Idaho Telephone CompanyIdaho Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Elk Run Telephone Co. v. General Telephone Co. of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
  4. State ex rel. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. District Court of the Second Judicial DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1972
  5. Robinson Insurance & Real Estate Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1973

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Farmers Insurance Exchange v. CallUtah Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Atkin Wright & Miles v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1985
  3. Green River Canal Co. v. ThaynUtah Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Hill v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1988
  5. House v. Armour of America, Inc.Court of Appeals of Utah · 1994

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