Legal Opinion
Morris v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 1983No. 18266PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKS, Justice:
This is an action by a customer against the Telephone Company for $40,000 lost profits (plus punitive damages) for omitting a commercial listing from the yellow pages.
In 1975, plaintiff signed a contract with the Telephone Company that expanded his standard business listing by three lines, which plaintiff used to describe his business and the brand names he carried. The contract contained this provision:
In case of error in the advertisement as published, or in case of the omission of all or any part of the advertisement from publication, the Telephone Company’s liability, if…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Wille v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1976
- Weaver v. Blue Cross-Blue ShieldWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
- Gas House, Inc. v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
- Provo City Corp. v. Nielson Scott Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1979
- Pilot Industries v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1979
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Atlas Corp. v. Clovis National BankUtah Supreme Court · 1987
- Buehner Block Co. v. UWC ASSOCIATESUtah Supreme Court · 1988
- Atkin Wright & Miles v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1985
- Faulkner v. FarnsworthUtah Supreme Court · 1983
- ELEC. SEC. SYSTEMS v. Southern BellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
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