Legal Opinion
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company v. Florida East Coast Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1968No. 25440_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a dispute as to the terminability of a contract which the two parties entered into in 1917, and which contains no express term during which it was to run. Florida East Coast Railway Company (FEC) now seeks to terminate, and has refused to abide by its terms since March 1, 1965. Southern Bell brought this action in the district court seeking enforcement of the agreement. The district court denied Southern Bell’s claim and entered a final judgment upholding FEC’s right to terminate the agreement and dismissing Southern Bell’s complaint.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1904
- McKell v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
- FLORIDA-GEORGIA CHEM. CO v. National Laboratories, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
- Mississippi River Logging Co. v. RobsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
- Freeport Sulphur Co. v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Freeport Sulphur CoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Delta Services and Equipment, Inc. v. Ryko Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Gulf Cities Gas Corp. v. Tangelo Park Service Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1971
- City of Billings v. Public Service CommissionMontana Supreme Court · 1981
- Albert Brown v. Financial Service Corporation, International, a Georgia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- City of Homestead v. BeardSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
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