Legal Opinion
Cellphone Termination Fee Cases
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 3, 2011No. Nos. A124077, A124095, A125311PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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BRUINIERS, J.
These consolidated appeals are from a judgment after trial in a consumer class action against wireless telephone carrier Sprint Spectrum, L.P. (Sprint), challenging its policy of charging early termination fees (ETF’s) to customers terminating service prior to expiration of defined contract periods.1 The trial court found the ETF’s to be unlawful penalties under Civil Code section 1671, subdivision (d),2 enjoined enforcement, and granted restitution/damages to the plaintiff class in the amount of ETF’s collected by Sprint during the class period, $73,775,975. A jury found…
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