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PHONE RECOVERY SERVICES v. QWEST CORP.

A17-0078.

919 N.W.2d 315 (2018)

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.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: October 31, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Misty Smith Kelley , Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Chattanooga, Tennessee; and

Thomas H. Boyd , William A. McNab , David M. Aafedt , Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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 , Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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.

Philip R. Schenkenberg , Claire V.J. Joseph , Briggs & Morgan, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondents MCC Telephony of Minnesota LC, 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 , Ballard Spahr LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondents AT&T Corporation, et al.

Walter A. Pickhardt , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Council on State Taxation.

Kirsten E. Donaldson , Jonathan G. Cedarbaum , Mark Jia , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

THISSEN, J., not having been a member of this court at the time of submission, took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

OPINION

Appellant Phone Recovery Services, LLC initiated a qui tam action under the Minnesota False Claims Act, Minn. Stat. § 15C.02 (2016) (MFCA), alleging that respondents have intentionally failed to pay fees and surcharges due to the State and imposed by statute for 911 services, the Telecommunications...

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