SAN ANTONIO TELEPHONE CO., INC. v. AMERICAN TEL. & TEL. CO.

No. 73-4037.

499 F.2d 349 (1974)

SAN ANTONIO TELEPHONE CO., INC., INC., Northeastern Telephone Co., Gulf Telephone & Electronics, Inc., El Paso Telephone Co., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip E. McCleery, Joel W. Westbrook, J. Robert Sheehy, Waco, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Burleson Smith, Brice A. Tondre, San Antonio, Tex., for American Tel.

Hubert W. Green, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., for American Tel. and others.

Hugh L. Steger, John K. Delay, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Western Elect.

Before BELL, GODBOLD and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

The only question presented in this private antitrust litigation is whether venue lies in the Western District of Texas. The appellants are engaged in selling and installing telephone equipment in places like hotels, while the appellees are twenty-two telephone operating companies that are physically located in distant portions of the United States.1 The district court...

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