SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. v. HAMM

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306 S.C. 70 (1991)

409 S.E.2d 775

SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Respondent v. Steven W. HAMM, The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, and the Public Service Commission of South Carolina, Defendants, of whom Steven W. Hamm, Consumer Advocate for the State of South Carolina is Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 7, 1991.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven W. Hamm, Raymon E. Lark, Jr., and Elliott F. Elam, Jr., all of S.C. Dept. of Consumer Affairs, Columbia, for appellant.

Fred A. Walters, of Southern Bell Tel. and Tel. Co., and A. Camden Lewis and Costa M. Pleicones, of Lewis, Babcock, Pleicones & Hawkins, Columbia, for respondent.

Marsha A. of Ward, S.C. Public Service Com'n, Columbia, for defendants.


Heard May 20, 1991.

Decided Oct. 7, 1991.

Rehearing Denied, Oct. 31, 1991.

TOAL, Justice:

Consumer Advocate Steven W. Hamm (Hamm) appeals the circuit court's ruling that Southern Bell's Caller ID service does not violate either S.C. Code Ann. § 17-29-20 (1991 Supp.)1 (a part of South Carolina's Trap and Trace Law) or the Constitutions of the United States and State of South Carolina. We affirm.

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