Legal Opinion
Lucille Jeffrey, on Their Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Southwestern Bell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1975No. 74-2398PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
Residential telephone subscribers in Dallas, Texas instituted this suit to challenge allegedly anticompetitive practices of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and Western Electric Company, Inc. The district court dismissed the action on the pleadings because appellants lacked standing. We affirm the trial court’s disposition for two reasons: first, appellants were not the “targets” of the allegedly monopolistic activity, and second, the “state action” exemption bars antitrust attack upon the rate structure, or any portion of it,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Parker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Goldfarb v. Virginia State BarSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by110 opinions
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- Frank Palazzo v. Gulf Oil Corporation, a Pennsylvania CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Pan-Islamic Trade Corporation v. Exxon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- In Re Beef Industry Antitrust Litigation, Mdl Docket No. 248. Pony Creek Cattle Co., Inc., Musselman Ranch Co., Etc., Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., R. Dirk Agee v. Safeway Stores, Inc., Meat Price Investigators Association, Etc. v. Safeway Stores, Inc., Richard S. Lowe v. Safeway Stores, Inc., A. L. Black v. Albertson's, Inc., (Two Cases). Chaparral Cattle Corp. v. Safeway Stores, Inc., Burke Petersen v. Safeway Stores, Inc., Ronald Becker, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarlysituated v. Safeway Stores, Inc., John O. Varian v. Safeway Stores, Inc., Meat Price Investigators Association v. Safeway Stores, Inc., Etc., Little Ranch Co., Inc. v. The National Association of Food Chains, Etc., Ronald Becker, on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarlysituated v. Safeway Stores, Inc., Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Todorov v. DCH Healthcare AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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