Winkle v. Relay Administration Board

| plaintiffs filed the instant class action in the 19th Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge against defendants, seeking a refund of an $.11 per month fee on telephone bills. The proposed class was defined as “[a]ll Louisiana residents and businesses who paid one or more $1.11 telephone access line tax charges on their monthly phone bills, at any time between November 1, 1992, and April 1, 2002.”

The case was randomly allotted to Division E, presided over by Judge William Morvant. Upon plaintiffs’ motion, Judge Morvant recused himself, finding he was a potential class…