Fowler v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, No. 21340.

CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
Writing for the CourtBROWN and BELL, Circuit , and SPEARS
Citation343 F.2d 150
PartiesMrs. Jack D. FOWLER, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY et al., Appellees.
Docket NumberNo. 21340.
Decision Date19 March 1965
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  • Watkins v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Civ. A. No. J90-0620(W).
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 5th Circuit. Southern District of Mississippi
    • June 10, 1992
    ...of intentionally opening private mail and reading it without authorization, or in Fowler v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 343 F.2d 150, 156 (5th Cir.1965), where the Fifth Circuit applied Georgia law and found a privacy cause of action for unauthorized and surreptitious wir......
  • Wyant v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe R.R., Civ.A. 00-JEO-2163-S.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 11th Circuit. United States District Court of Northern District of Alabama
    • June 5, 2002
    ...Ins., 232 F.3d 844, 851 (11th Cir.2000) ("upon information and belief" insufficient); Fowler v. Southern Bell Tel. and Tel. Co., 343 F.2d 150, 154 (5th Cir.1965) ("knowledge, information and belief" insufficient); Robbins v. Gould, 278 F.2d 116, 118 (5th Cir.1960) ("knowledge and belief" in......
  • Aguehounde v. District of Columbia, 93-CV-1116
    • United States
    • District of Columbia Court of Appeals of Columbia District
    • September 25, 1995
    ...to reach. As Judge (later Attorney General) Griffin Bell wrote for the court in Fowler v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., 343 F.2d 150 (5th Cir.1965), "the defense of sovereign privilege imposes a drastic impingement on personal liberty, and is recognized only because the impingeme......
  • Barker v. Norman, 80-1288
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
    • July 30, 1981
    ...120, 123 (5th Cir. 1980); Runnels v. Rosendale, 499 F.2d 733, 734 n.1 (9th Cir. 1974); Fowler v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., 343 F.2d 150, 154 (5th Cir. 1965). To the extent that Barker's verified complaint satisfies the other standards for affidavits as set out in Rule 56(e), ......
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  • Watkins v. United Parcel Service, Inc., Civ. A. No. J90-0620(W).
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 5th Circuit. Southern District of Mississippi
    • June 10, 1992
    ...of intentionally opening private mail and reading it without authorization, or in Fowler v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 343 F.2d 150, 156 (5th Cir.1965), where the Fifth Circuit applied Georgia law and found a privacy cause of action for unauthorized and surreptitious wir......
  • Lopez v. Vaquera, EP-12-CV-00427-DCG
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 5th Circuit. Western District of Texas
    • February 19, 2013
    ...officer creates ancillary federal jurisdiction over the nonfederal elements of the controversy"); Fowler v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 343 F.2d 150,152 (5th Cir. 1965) (citing Allman v. Hanley, 302 F.2d 559, 562 (5th Cir. 1962) (noting that it has been held that removal by single federa......
  • Wyant v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe R.R., No. Civ.A. 00-JEO-2163-S.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 11th Circuit. United States District Court of Northern District of Alabama
    • June 5, 2002
    ...Ins., 232 F.3d 844, 851 (11th Cir.2000) ("upon information and belief" insufficient); Fowler v. Southern Bell Tel. and Tel. Co., 343 F.2d 150, 154 (5th Cir.1965) ("knowledge, information and belief" insufficient); Robbins v. Gould, 278 F.2d 116, 118 (5th Cir.1960) ("knowledge and belief" in......
  • Wolf v. Regardie, No. 87-751.
    • United States
    • District of Columbia Court of Appeals of Columbia District
    • January 27, 1989
    ...279, 282, 410 F.2d 701, 704, cert. denied, 395 U.S. 947, 89 S.Ct. 2021, 23 L.Ed.2d 465 (1969); Fowler v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 343 F.2d 150, 152 (5th Cir. 1965); nor does the subject matter of that information necessarily control when fixing liability, Pearson, supra, 133 U.S.App.D......
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