Legal Opinion
Cohen v. DirecTV, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 18, 2006No. B184630PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BOLAND, J.
SUMMARY
A subscriber to services offered by a satellite television programming company filed a class action lawsuit against the company, alleging it covertly degraded some of its high definition television transmissions. The company moved to compel arbitration under the arbitration clause in its customer agreement with the subscriber, which prohibited class litigation of claims in arbitration. The trial court denied the motion and the company timely appealed. We affirm the trial court’s order refusing to compel arbitration because the prohibition on class litigation in the…
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