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PHONE RECOVERY SERVICES v. QWEST CORP.

A17-0078.

901 N.W.2d 185 (2017)

PHONE RECOVERY SERVICES, LLC, for itself and ON BEHALF OF the STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. QWEST CORPORATION, a Colorado company, et al., Respondents, Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota, LLC, a Delaware company, et al., Respondents, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., et al., Respondents, Pine Island Telephone Company, et al., Respondents, Level 3 Communications, LLC, a Delaware company, et al., Respondents, Onvoy, LLC, et al., Respondents, Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC, a Delaware company, et al., Respondents, MCC Telephony of Minnesota, LLC, a Delaware company, et al., Respondents, Jaguar Communications, Inc., et al., Respondents, Windstream Holdings, Inc., et al., Respondents, XO Communications, LLC, et al., Respondents, AT & T Corporation, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Filed August 7, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine S. Barrett Wiik , Gary L. Wilson , Troy F. Tatting , Geoffrey H. Kozen , Robins Kaplan LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for appellant).

Thomas H. Boyd , William A. McNab , David M. Aafedt , Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Misty Smith Kelley (pro hac vice), Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Chattanooga, Tennessee (for respondents Qwest Corporation, et al.).

Robert Cattanach , Bryan C. Keane , Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondents Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota, LLC, et al.).

Curtis D. Smith , Richard J. Johnson , Moss & Barnett, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondents Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., et al.).

Michael J. Ahern , Edward B. Magarian , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondents Pine Island Telephone Company, et al.).

Thomas R. Muck , Aron J. Frakes , Emily A. Unger , Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Megan Thibert-Ind (pro hac vice), McDermott Will & Emery, LLP, Chicago, Illinois (for respondents Level 3 Communications, LLC, et al.).

David G. Parry , Kadee J. Anderson , Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondents Onvoy, LLC, et al.).

Gregory R. Merz , Gray Plant Mooty, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondents Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC, et al.).

Monte A. Mills , Mark L. Johnson , Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondents Windstream Holdings, Inc., et al.).

Wayne E. Reames , Belin McCormick, P.C., Des Moines, Iowa (for respondents XO Communications, LLC, et al.).

Karla M. Vehrs , Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondents AT & T Corporation, et al.).

Considered and decided by Cleary, Chief Judge; Johnson, Judge; and Reilly, Judge.

OPINION

On appeal from the entry of judgment, appellant Phone Recovery Services LLC argues that the district court erred by relying on Minn. Stat. § 15C.03 in dismissing the amended complaint. Because the 911, TAM, and TAP charges are taxes, and because the statutes that require the collection and remittance of...

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