Legal Opinion
Bakal v. New York Telephone Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 29, 1978Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold J. Hughes, J.
Petitioner initiated this proceeding to compel the telephone company to establish in its classified yellow pages a separate captioned heading of "medical hypnosis” under the general heading of "physicians & surgeons Grouped By Practice”, and respondents have moved to dismiss the petition.
Petitioner is a physician practicing in Scotia, New York. He asserts that in addition to his general practice, he engages in the specialty of medical hypnosis and alleges that this is a specialized branch of medicine which has been recognized as *541such by the American…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- National Merchandising Corp. v. Public Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- New York Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionNew York Supreme Court · 1976
- Boyer v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 1966
- Frank v. New York Telephone Co.New York Supreme Court · 1962
- New York Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977