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GRAYSON v. AT & T CORP.

Nos. 07-CV-1264, 08-CV-1089.

15 A.3d 219 (2011)

Alan GRAYSON, Appellant, v. AT & T CORPORATION, et al., Appellees. Paul M. Breakman, Appellant, v. AOL LLC, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 20, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Kubli , Vienna, VA, and Walter Dierks , with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr. , was on the brief, and with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr. , Jeffrey Harris , Washington, DC, Kevin F. Rooney , Andrew A. August , and Giancarlo Terilli , New York, NY, were on the reply brief, for appellants.

Jay P. Lefkowitz , New York, NY, with whom Daniel Forman , Aryeh S. Portnoy , Thomas E. Gilbertsen , John E. Villafranco , Michael F. Williams , Gregory L. Skidmore , Arjun Garg , Washington, DC, John D. Wilburn , Anand V. Ramana , McLean, VA, and Daniel T. Donovan , Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellees.

Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer , with whom Deepak Gupta , Washington, DC, was on the brief, for amicus curiae the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, Public Citizen, Inc., Center for Science in the Public Interest, National Association of Consumer Advocates, and National Consumer Law Center, supporting appellants.

Bennett Rushkoff , Chief Public Advocacy Section, Office of the Attorney General, District of Columbia, with whom Peter J. Nickles , Attorney General, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, Donna M. Murasky , Deputy Solicitor General, and John L. Davie , Special Assistant Attorney General, for amicus curiae the District of Columbia, supporting appellees.

Paul D. Cullen, Sr. , and Joyce L. Mayers , Washington, DC, filed a brief for amicus curiae Brit A. Shaw , supporting appellants.

Hassan Zavareei , Melanie Williamson , Tracy D. Rezvani , Donald J. Enright , and Karen Marcus , Washington, DC, filed a brief for amicus curiae the National Consumers League and Individual Consumers Jarrod Beck, Keerthi Reddy, and Erin Galloway, supporting appellants.

Evan M. Tager , Archis A. Parasharami , Kevin Ranlett , Washington, DC, Scott M. Noveck , Robin S. Conrad , and Amar D. Sarwal , Washington, DC, filed a brief for amicus curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, supporting appellees.

Theodore Hadzi-Antich , Buffalo, NY, and Deborah J. La Fetra , filed a brief for amicus curiae the Pacific Legal Foundation, supporting appellees.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, RUIZ, REID, GLICKMAN, KRAMER, FISHER, BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, THOMPSON, and OBERLY, Associate Judges.

REID, Associate Judge:

In these consolidated cases1 appellant Alan Grayson appeals the trial court's judgment granting appellees'2 Super. Ct. Civ. R. 12(b) motion to dismiss his District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act ("CPPA") claims for unlawful trade practices.3 These claims involve the unused balance on telephone calling cards (escheated telephone calling card...

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