11th Circ. Hands Sprint Contract Case To Fla. Court

By Christopher Norton

Law360, New York (January 06, 2010, 6:06 PM ET) -- A federal appeals court has certified several questions of procedural and substantive unconscionability in contract law to Florida's highest court, in a former Sprint Nextel Corp. customer's putative class action alleging the wireless provider charged its users for roaming fees on calls placed within the network's own coverage area.

A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday asked the Florida Supreme Court to decide whether Florida law requires a plaintiff to show both procedural and substantive unconscionability to establish...
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