Cengage Advantage Books: Foundations of the Legal Environment of Business 3rd Edition by Marianne Jennings

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Customers of AT T brought a class action suit against the telephone company, alleging that the company's offer of a free phone to anyone who signed up for its cell phone service was fraudulent because AT T charged the customers sales tax on the retail value of the free phone. The suit was based on California's consumer protection laws. AT T defended on the grounds that the federal government controlled the taxes on its cellular program offerings. What should the court decide in the case, and what are the rights of the consumers and the federal program? [ AT T Mobility v. Concepcion , 131 S.Ct. 1740 (2011).]