Alford Chevrolet-Geo v. Jones

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice GRANT.

Alford Chevrolet Geo, et al. (Dealers), a group of over 600 car dealerships, appeal from an interlocutory order 1 granting class certification to a group consisting of over a million individuals who purchased cars from those dealerships after September 1,1995.

This lawsuit was filed on behalf of a group of customers against a group of car dealerships, alleging they made misrepresentations about the nature of a tax, the dealers inventory tax, representing to consumers that it was a type of vehicle inventory tax the customer was required to pay. The customers also…