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AT & T COMMUNIC. v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL.

No. 03-0789.

186 S.W.3d 517 (2006)

AT & T COMMUNICATIONS OF TEXAS, L.P., Petitioner, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY and Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc. D/B/A Southwestern Bell Long Distance, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided January 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen L. Worman, Hazen & Terrill, P.C., Steven Baron, Greg Abbott, Edward D. Burbach, Karen Watson Kornell, Elizabeth R.B. Sterling, Office of Atty. Gen., Austin, for Others.

Michael Byrd, Kathleen M. LaValle, Jackson Walker LLP, Dallas, R. Laurance Macon, James J. Scheske, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Shannon H. Ratliff, Ratliff Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Mark Witcher, Austin, for Petitioner.

Mary A. Keeney, Robert J. Hearon Jr., Kathryn E. Allen, Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C., Ann Effinger Meuleman, Jose Varela Jr., Thomas Joseph Ballo, Austin, John DiBene, Pleasanton, CA, for Respondents.

Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court.

For years, "Ma" Bell wielded her baby Bells' monopoly control of local telephone exchanges to stifle competition in long-distance service. Now she complains that one of the offspring, since grown and moved out,1 is using that same power, still not dissipated by competition in local telephone service, against her. History cautions that her complaint may have substance. But the issue in this...

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