Freddie Joe Simmons v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, a Corporation
Freddie Joe SIMMONS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee
Opinion
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was employed by the defendant. He brought an action on a variety of theories, claiming that the defendant monitored and disclosed the contents of conversations appellant engaged in while working as a testboardman, a receiver of customer trouble reports. The trial court granted summary judgment against plaintiff on all issues. The facts and the trial court’s reasons for its disposition are thoroughly set forth in the trial court’s opinion reported at 452 F.Supp. 392 (W.D.Okl.1978).
We affirm for the reasons given by the trial court.
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(telephone company monitoring of testboard calls, for various proper business reasons, including preventing employees from using lines for private calls, and with full notice to employees, was in ordinary course of business)
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