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Kentucky Phone Rate Ruling
Loaded on May 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2001, page 8
A federal district court in Kentucky held that the filed rate doctrine barred any claims for money damages against Phone Company and county jail defendants. However, injunctive relief was still available. The court questioned the legality of an exclusive service provider contract.
Filed under:
Injunctions,
Telephone Rates,
Immunity/Liability,
Municipal Liability,
Contractor Liability.
Location:
Kentucky.
In the August, 1999, issue of PLN we ...
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