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HESSE v. SPRINT CORP.

No. 08-35235.

598 F.3d 581 (2010)

Christopher W. HESSE; Nathaniel Olson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SPRINT CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Defendant, and Sprint Spectrum LP, doing business as Sprint PCS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 10, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Elliot Breskin and Daniel Foster Johnson (argued), Breskin Johnson & Townsend PLLC, Seattle, WA; Bradley Jerome Moore and Ray W. Kahler, Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Coluccio, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Gavin W. Skok and David Brenner, Riddell Williams, PS, Seattle, WA; Robert Bruce Allensworth, Brian M. Forbes, Ryan M. Tosi, and Andrew Glass (argued), Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, Boston, MA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

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...

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