Legal Opinion
Hamilton County Emergency Communications District v. BellSouth Telecommunications LLC
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2017No. Nos. 16-5149 through 16-5158PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBatchelder, J., joined by Cook, J.,
MOORE, J. (pp. 540-41), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity action, the plaintiff municipal corporations operate the local “emergency communications” or “911” programs in their respective counties; specifically, the call centers that receive and route the 911 emergency calls to the proper emergency responders (e.g., police, fire, ambulance). They allege that the defendant telephone company — to reduce costs, offer lower prices, and obtain more customers — engaged in a covert practice of omitting…
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