Legal Opinion
In re Universal Service Fund Telephone Billing Practices Litigation
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided July 26, 2005No. 02-1468-JWLPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
O’HARA, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. Introduction & Background.
This multidistrict litigation consists of numerous putative class action lawsuits arising from the practices of defendants AT & T Corporation and Sprint Communications Company of charging their customers to recoup their contributions to the federal Universal Service Fund (“USF”) program. Plaintiffs are customers or former customers of AT & T, Sprint, and MCI who allege an illegal scheme of conspiring to overcharge for USF surcharges, thereby creating a secret profit center.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…
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