1.   The court feels it has a responsibility to ensure that customers are not misled.

2.   But a spokesman said that there was no intention to mislead customers.

3.   Adding the waste products misled European customers into thinking the corn gluten feed contained a higher food value than it actually did, Whitacre said.

4.   Agents also misled customers about when their need to pay premiums would end.

5.   Competitors complain, among other grievances, that BellSouth misleads customers by blaming service disruptions on the CLECs, even when BellSouth may be at fault.

6.   In a Florida case last year, NOS confirmed a sales agent misled a customer about the promotional period.

7.   In addition to what they described as deceptive ads, department officials said the three companies had misled customers over the phone.

8.   In each case, the city agency charged in a complaint, the companies had misled customers about their fees.

9.   John Britton, a Pacific Bell spokesman, disputed the charges, saying the company does not mislead customers and provides accurate information to every customer.

10.   Lawyers representing Pac Bell said the company does want to sell products but is not misleading customers or violating any law.