Kelly v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.

KNOCH, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, defendant (sometimes herein*150after called “Illinois Bell”), and the United States of America, defendant-intervenor, are appealing from an order of the United States District Court which permanently enjoined the Illinois Bell and the Western Union Telegraph Company (which did not appeal) from terminating communication facilities presently furnished to the plaintiffs-appellees, Thomas F. Kelly, Sr., Thomas F. Kelly, Jr., and George L. Kelly, co-partners doing business under the name and style of Illinois Sports News.

The facts were…