[Download] "Cel-Tech Communications Inc. V. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co." by California Supreme Court * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Cel-Tech Communications Inc. V. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.
- Author : California Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 08, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 127 KB
Description
Defendant Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Company (L.A. Cellular) sells cellular telephones and services. Cellular telephones are sold on the open market. As to wholesale sales of cellular services, however, L.A. Cellular has a government-protected "duopoly" status with one other company. In an effort to gain new subscribers for its services and increase overall profits, L.A. Cellular sold telephones below cost. It lost money on telephone sales but made up for those losses with its increased sales of services. Plaintiffs are companies that sell cellular telephones but may not sell services. These companies claim that, because they are not allowed to sell services, they cannot fairly compete with L.A. Cellular's strategy of selling telephones below cost and recouping the losses with profits on the sales of services. The action requires us to interpret California's Unfair Practices Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17000 et seq.) *fn1 and unfair competition law (§ 17200 et seq.). *fn2