IP: Verizon DSL Suit Appealed

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 19:22:05 -0500
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
>
> Verizon DSL Suit Appealed
> By Joanna Glasner
>
> 1:50 p.m. Dec. 21, 2001 PST
>
> Arguing that a Virginia ban on class action lawsuits should not
> prevent them from having their day in court, a group of disgruntled
> Verizon DSL customers is appealing a case filed against the phone
> giant nearly a year ago.
>
> On Friday, lawyers for the customers filed an appeal with the U.S.
> Court of Appeals in Washington to reinstate a case dismissed by a
> lower court in July on the grounds that the nation's capital was an
> inappropriate forum.
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49259,00.html


and any bridges for sale "Verizon, for its part, maintained that its 
decision to locate its headquarters in Northern Virginia had nothing to do 
with the state's bar on class actions. "

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