Customers with complaints against AT&T potentially lost a significant avenue of recourse on Wednesday after a US Supreme Court ruling overturned a ruling that required AT&T allow the possibility of class-action lawsuits. A 5-4 vote denied a lower appeals court's decision that AT&T couldn't enforce a contract provision requiring arbitration in disputes for California-based cases. Justice Scalia agreed with AT&T that the Federal Arbitration Act took priority over California's consumer protection laws.
