A federal judge in Colorado refused to make a class action of a s...
A federal judge in Colorado refused to make a class action of a suit by Qwest customers alleging they overpaid for phone service when the Bell’s failure to file interconnection agreements denied many competitive carriers cost breaks that could…
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have driven down Qwest and competitive carrier retail rates. The suit in the U.S. District Court, Denver, says that unfiled Qwest preferential agreements with some competitive carriers violated federal antitrust laws and bans on anticompetitive price discrimination. But Qwest said class certification in Case 02-CV-01977-RPM is impossible because there’s no way for easily distinguishing the class of injured customers and no ready way to set damages for the class. The court agreed with Qwest, adding that the plaintiffs also failed to show there was evidence proving illegal discrimination classwide.