GENERAL TEL. CO. OF SOUTHWEST v. LOWE

No. 78-18.

569 S.W.2d 71 (1978)

GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF the SOUTHWEST, Appellant, v. Lynn LOWE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

As Modified On Denial of Rehearing September 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spitzberg, Mitchell & Hays, Little Rock, Ward W. Wueste, San Angelo, Tex., for appellant.

Joe E. Griffin, Texarkana, amicus curiae.

Stephen Cuffman, Little Rock, amicus curiae.

Autrey, Weisenberger, Lingo & Johnson, Texarkana, for appellee.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

For many years the telephone rates on both sides of the Arkansas-Texas line in Texarkana were the same. In May, 1977, the appellant, which serves a number of cities and towns in Arkansas and Texas, raised its rates in Texarkana, Arkansas, without raising its rates in Texarkana, Texas. The appellee brought this class suit to enjoin the enforcement of the rate increase in Texarkana, Arkansas. This appeal is from a decree permitting the company...

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