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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND JOHN A. MATTINGLY, SR. : : v. : : HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP., et al. : Civil Action No. DKC 99-2785

MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff has filed a class action complaint against Hughes Electronics Corporation and its subsidiary, DIRECTV, Inc., on behalf of "thousands of residential and commercial subscribers" of Defendants' satellite television services and programming. Plaintiff alleges, inter alia, that Defendants charged excessive late fees to their Maryland customers, and asserts various statutory and common law claims. The complaint contains four

counts: Count I is for violations of the Maryland Consumer Protection Act; Count II for charging "unlawful liquidated

damages;" Count III for "liquidated damages impermissible by statute;"1 and Count IV for "breach of implied covenant of good

This count was brought under

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