“The Supreme Court made a bad judgement here. AT&T being one of the biggest crooks ever should never be allowed to do this as well as other phone companies. It deprives the citizens and rights.”
Your comment seems to belong on a different forum. I have no connection to ATT or any other mobile carrier. This court case did not involve a general assessment of consumer attitudes towards ATT. Your post has a very populist ring often reflected in the left’s view of the law. The court case involves a legal determination, not a popularity contest.
I applaud this decision. The Federal Arbitrtation Act has been in existence for a long time. California state law had effectively overridden the federal law by declaring that class action lawsuits must be permitted under the unconscionability or duress clause of the FAA. The USSC ruled that class action lawsuits do not override the FAA.
The particular case (sales tax on free phone) was utterly baseless. It is the government that acted in bad faith on taxes imposed on free phones, not ATT. The plaintiff should sue the government for imposing taxes on free phones.
good point.
San Francisco - The US Supreme Court has granted a whopping victory to AT&T,”
In the first paragraph of the posted article.