HUTCHINSON TELEPHONE CO. v. FRONTEER DIRECTORY CO. OF MINNESOTA, INC.

No. 84-5129.

770 F.2d 128 (1985)

HUTCHINSON TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellant, v. FRONTEER DIRECTORY COMPANY OF MINNESOTA, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan G. Carlson, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Elliot S. Kaplan, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before ROSS and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and OLIVER, Senior District Judge.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Hutchinson Telephone Company (Hutchinson) charges appellee Fronteer Directory Company of Minnesota (Fronteer) with infringement of Hutchinson's copyright of its comprehensive alphabetical telephone directory for its service area (white pages). Hutchinson seeks an injunction and damages for the alleged infringement. The District Court determined as a matter of law that Hutchinson's white pages directory was not copyrightable, and entered...

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