SMITH v. SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.


839 A.2d 850 (2004)

178 N.J. 265

Mildred SMITH, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC., Defendant, and Southern New England Telephone Co., d/b/a SNET, Defendant-Respondent, and BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided January 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan J. Bart, a member of the Pennsylvania bar, Philadelphia, PA, argued the cause for appellant (Silverman Bernheim & Vogel, attorneys, Westmont).

Donald P. Alexander, a member of the Pennsylvania bar, argued the cause for respondent Mildred Smith (Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah and Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky, attorneys, Philadelphia, PA; James C. Shah, on letter brief).

Gavin J. Rooney, Roseland, submitted a letter in lieu of brief on behalf of respondent Southern New England Telephone Co., d/b/a SNET (Lowenstein Sandler, attorneys).


Justice ZAZZALI delivered the opinion of the Court.

In Weinberg v. Sprint Corp., 173 N.J. 233, 801 A.2d 281 (2002), we concluded that the filed rate doctrine effectively barred plaintiffs from seeking monetary and injunctive relief against telecommunications carriers under the Consumer Fraud Act, N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to 20, because the doctrine precluded...

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