Huch v. Charter Communications, Inc.

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

James Huch and Ryan Carstens filed a class-action lawsuit in St. Louis County alleging that Charter Communications illegally charged many of its customers a separate fee for a paper television-channel guide that the customers did not request. Charter moved to dismiss, asserting that the voluntary payment doctrine prohibited the court from ordering Charter to refund the money it charged, and customers paid, for the guide. The trial court sustained the motion and dismissed the complaint, with prejudice. Plaintiffs appealed. After an opinion by the court of appeals,…