After partial deregulation of phone companies, D.J. Hopkins Inc. (Hopkins), a customer of GTE Northwest, Inc. (GTE), chose to use its own telephone rather than one leased by GTE. However, for a period of over nine years its telephone bill continued to contain a charge for "UNREG LEASE/MAINT" for the leasing of a desk telephone. Nevertheless, because GTE's billing practices remain regulated, Hopkins' Consumer...
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