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In Miller v. AT&T, 344 F. Supp. 344 (ED. Pa. 1972), AT&T shareholders sued AT&T, seeking a PI barring it from providing phone service to the 1972 Democratic National Convention, on the grounds the DNC had failed to pay its $1,477,638 phone bill from the 1968 convention. They lost
Among other things, the Democratic National Committee promised to hold - wait for it - a *phonathon* to raise money to pay the overdue phone bill.
Perhaps there is something to be learned from the Lannisters on the issue. As a postscript, phone service was provided to the 1972 national convention, but it's unclear whether the phone bill ever got paid.
