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IN RE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE LITIGATION

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783 So.2d 800 (2000)

In re LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE LITIGATION.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kearney Dee Hutsler of Thompson Hutsler Law Firm, Birmingham, for plaintiffs George Clay, Bonice Williams, and Virginia L. Stewart.

Paul L. Nettleton of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Miami, Florida, for defendant OAN Services, Inc.

J. Frank Ozment and Joyce Baker-Selesky of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, L.L.P., Birmingham, for amicus curiae BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.

LYONS, Justice.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has certified the following question to this Court, pursuant to Rule 18, Ala. R.App. P.:

"Whether a company that merely provides billing and collections services for local or long distance telephone carriers is considered a `utility' under Alabama law, thereby subjecting the billing and collections company to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Alabama Public Service Commission...

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