JUDD v. AMERICAN TEL. AND TEL. CO.

No. 73966-8.

95 P.3d 337 (2004)

152 Wash.2d 195

Sandy JUDD, Tara Herivel and Zuraya Wright, for themselves, and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, Petitioners, v. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY; GTE Northwest, Inc.; Centurytel Telephone Utilities, Inc.; Northwest Telecommunications, Inc. d/b/a PTI Communications, Inc.; U.S. Pwest Communications, Inc.; T-Netix, Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 29, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan P. Meier, Chris Robert Youtz, Sirianni Youtz Meier & Spoonenmore, Seattle for Petitioners.

Kelly Twiss Noonan, Seattle, for Respondent American Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Robert Bertelson Mitchell, Athan Emmanuel Tramountanas, Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, Seattle, for Respondents Centurytel Telephone Utilities, Northwest Telecommunications Inc., PTI Communications Inc.

Timothy J. O'Connell, Stoel Rives LLP, Seattle, for Respondents GTE Nortwest Inc., Verizon Northwest Inc.

Julia Parsons Clarke, Kathleen M. O'Sullivan, Michael E. Bindas, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, for Respondent Qwest Corp.

Donald H. Mullins, Badgley Mullins Law Group PLLC, Seattle, for Respondent T-Netix Inc.

Teresa Williams Gillespie, Kirkland, for Respondent U.S. West Communications Inc.

Kendall Joy Fisher, Puget Sound Energy, Bellevue, for Respondent Verizon Northwest Inc.


FAIRHURST, J.

Petitioners Sandy Judd, Tara Herivel and Zuraya Wright (hereinafter collectively Judd) are individuals who received long distance collect telephone calls from Washington prison inmates between 1996 and 2000. Respondents Qwest Corporation (formerly U.S. West Communications, Inc., hereinafter Qwest), Verizon Northwest, Inc. (formerly GTE Northwest, Inc., hereinafter Verizon), and CenturyTel Telephone Utilities, Inc. (formerly CenturyTel Telephone Utilities...

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