Turner v. Alaska Communications Systems Long Distance, Inc.

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Petitioners, representing a class suing Alaska Communications Systems Long Distance, Inc. and Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. for terminating a widely advertised calling plan, contest a class notification that suggests that the court may hold absent class members liable for defendants' attorney's fees if the class suffers an adverse judgment. We conclude that holding these absent class members liable for attorney's fees upon an adverse judgment will chill class participation and hamper the efficiencies of class litigation. We therefore…