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A lawsuit filed eight years ago against EchoStar Communications by thousands of its retail distributors was certified as a class-action complaint Tuesday by an Arapahoe County District judge.
Judge John Wheeler issued a strongly worded ruling in which he blamed EchoStar for demonstrating “a willingness and proclivity for drawing out legal proceedings as long as humanly possible and burying their opponents in paperwork and filings.”
More than 20,000 direct and indirect retailers of EchoStar’s satellite television service claim they are owed years of past-due commissions and fees. EchoStar now calls itself Dish Network.
