Ackal v. Centennial Beauregard Cellular, L.L.C.

KING, Circuit Judge:

Before the court is an interlocutory appeal from an order granting Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification pursuant to Rules 23(a) and 23(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The certified class putatively consists of various governmental entities within the State of Louisiana whose representatives entered into contracts with Defendants for cellular telephone service. In the underlying suit, Plaintiffs, who are or were customers of Defendants, allege that Defendants engaged in deceptive billing practices that constituted a breach of contract and violated the…