Legal Opinion
Hesse v. Sprint Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 10, 2010No. 08-35235PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to consider whether a broad release of claims in a nationwide settlement agreement between Sprint and its customers precludes the present class action involving a Washington state tax that Sprint invoiced to its Washington customers. That nationwide settlement arose out of a lawsuit that challenged Sprint’s billing of customers for certain federal regulatory fees. Because we conclude that the Washington Plaintiffs’ interests were not adequately represented in the prior action and that their claims are not “based on the identical factual predicate…
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