California Court of Appeal

In a suit concerning the early termination fee charged to wireless telephone customers, defendant-phone company's contractual ban on class-wide arbitration is not unduly one-sided, harsh, or in violation of public policy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2005
• Published 05/18/2005

Judges

• JONES, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bramson, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkhaeuser, Alan R. Plutzik, Walnut Creek, Lawrence Timothy Fisher, Lerach Coughlin Stoia & Robbins, Reed R. Kathrein, Jacqueline E. Mottek, Shana E. Scarlett, San Francisco, Pamela M. Parker, San Diego, Franklin & Franklin, John David Franklin, for Plaintiffs and Respondents., Drinker Biddle & Reath, Seamus C. Duffy, William M. Connolly, Amor A. Esteban, Los Angeles, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Evan M. Tager, David M. Gossett, Donald M. Falk, Palo Alto, for Defendants and Appellants.