Midland Pizza, LLC v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CARLOS MURGUIA, District Judge.

In this putative class action, plaintiffs allege that because of defendant’s failure to police third-party billers, defendant unlawfully “crammed” their phone bills, that is, billed and collected payment for purported services that plaintiffs did not order or authorize. Plaintiffs move to certify two classes: one class — seeking injunctive relief — of defendant’s customers whose bills contained third-party charges; and one class — seeking damages — of defendant’s customers whose bills contained third-party charges for which there was no valid…