ACKAL v. CENTENNIAL BEAUREGARD CELLULAR L.L.C.

No. 12-30084.

700 F.3d 212 (2012)

Louis ACKAL, Sheriff and Ex Officio Tax Collector of Iberia Parish; Town of Delcambre, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CENTENNIAL BEAUREGARD CELLULAR, L.L.C., doing business as Centennial Wireless, formerly known as Iberia Cellular Telephone Company, L.L.C.; Centennial Morehouse Cellular, L.L.C.; Centennial Hammond Cellular, L.L.C.; Centennial Communications Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Patrick Daniel, Jr. (argued), Law Offices of D. Patrick Daniel, Jr., L.L.C., Joseph R. Joy, III , Joseph Joy & Associates, Lafayette, LA, James Robert Davis, Jr. , San Antonio, TX, Theodore M. Haik, Jr. , Sr. Counsel, Haik, Minvielle & Grubbs, New Iberia, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Christopher May Mason (argued), Nixon Peabody, L.L.P., New York City, Mark A. Balkin , Joseph Clebert Chautin , Hardy, Carey, Chautin & Balkin, Mandeville, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before KING, SMITH and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


KING, Circuit Judge:

Before the court is an interlocutory appeal from an order granting Plaintiffs' motion for class certification pursuant to Rules 23(a) and 23(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The certified class putatively consists of various governmental entities within the State of Louisiana whose representatives entered into contracts with Defendants for cellular telephone service. In the underlying suit, Plaintiffs, who are or were customers of...

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