SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. WILKS

No. 79-330.

601 S.W.2d 855 (1980)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., Appellant, v. Dr. A. J. WILKS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. D. Dupre, Sandra L. Brown, Gary T. Hartman, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, by Hermann Ivester, Little Rock, for appellant.

William C. Gilliam, Malvern, for appellee.


STROUD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a damage suit where the trial court held that the tariff of the phone company attempting to limit its liability for listing omissions was unconstitutional. We disagree with the ruling of the court and reverse the jury verdict.

Appellee brought this action against appellant because his name was omitted from the "Optometrists O.D." section of the yellow pages in the 1978 Malvern telephone directory. Appellant ordinarily...

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