Emilio v. Sprint Spectrum L.P.

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:11-cv-03041

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Contract: Other

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

J. Paul Oetken

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  1. February 01, 2017

    Sprint Beats Sanctions In Suit Over Tax Charges

     A New York federal magistrate judge on Wednesday refused to order sanctions against Sprint in a proposed class action alleging the telecom giant passed on to customers a state excise tax masked as a mandatory tax charge, rejecting the customer-plaintiff's gripe that the company held out on his discovery requests until the last minute.

  2. December 09, 2016

    Sprint Says Tax Charge Consumer Crying Wolf In Sanction Bid

    Sprint on Thursday blasted sanctions-seeking accusations that it didn't preserve evidence relevant to a proposed class action alleging the telecom giant passed on to customers a state excise tax masked as a mandatory tax charge, arguing it was under no obligation to do so until recently and that it's fully complied.

  3. November 08, 2016

    Consumers Seek Sanctions Against Sprint In Tax Charge Suit

    A group of consumers asked a New York federal judge Monday to sanction Sprint for purportedly failing to preserve evidence relevant to their proposed class action, which alleges the telecom giant passed on to customers a state excise tax masked as a mandatory tax charge.

  4. September 26, 2016

    Consumers Moves for Cert. In Sprint Tax Charge Suit

    A group of consumers asked a New York federal judge Friday to grant them class certification in their suit alleging that Sprint passed on to customers a state excise tax masked as a mandatory tax charge

  5. September 16, 2016

    Sprint Says Customer Loyalty Should Nix Tax Charge Suit

    Sprint urged a New York federal court Thursday to toss class allegations that the telecom masked a surcharge it passed on to customers to recoup a state excise tax as a mandatory tax charge, arguing there was no deception and customer ambivalence fatally undermines the suit.

  6. July 07, 2016

    Citing Spokeo, Judge Keeps Alive Sprint Billing Class Action

    A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday denied Sprint's bid to end a putative class action on behalf of wireless customers charged a tax on their phone bills, saying the alleged injury was "real and not abstract," citing the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Spokeo decision.