GRASSROOTS ACTION, INC. v. NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO.

Nos. 72 Civ. 564, 72 Civ. 577.

339 F.Supp. 198 (1972)

GRASSROOTS ACTION, INC., and John B. O'Sullivan, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant. The CITY OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. The NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

March 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Alan Siegel, New York City, for plaintiffs Grassroots Action, Inc. et al.

J. Lee Rankin, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for plaintiff The City of N. Y.; Peter C. Demetri, Alexander Gigante, Jr., Francis I. Howley, Sheila A. Mahony, Martin S. Snitow, New York City, of counsel.

Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, G. Wallace Bates, Edward L. Friedman, Raymond F. Scully, New York City, for defendant N. Y. Tel. Co.; Lawrence E. Walsh, Philip C. Potter, Jr., Guy M. Struve, New York City, Robert S. Snyder of counsel.


MacMAHON, District Judge.

Asserting violation of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970,1 as amended in 1971,2 each of the plaintiffs moves for a preliminary injunction enjoining defendant New York Telephone Company from putting rate increases into effect.

In their underlying actions, plaintiffs seek a final judgment declaring that the price increases instituted by defendant are subject to, and governed...

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