Stoffels v. SBC Communications, Inc.

Class Certification Adjudication and Order

JUSTICE, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this action are: Frank Stof-fels, a retiree of SBC Pacific Telesis, a subsidiary of Defendant SBC Communications, Inc. (“SBC”); Linda Villafane, a retiree of Ameritech, also a subsidiary of SBC; James Belcher, a retiree of Illinois Bell, now an SBC Company; Bumic Joe Dunn, a retiree of Southwestern Bell, a subsidiary of SBC; and Jack Guiliani, a retiree of Pacific Telesis, now a subsidiary of SBC.1 Plaintiffs bring this action on behalf of themselves, and a putative class.2 Through this action, they seek…