Led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Letitia James, the plaintiffs claim that the deal would hurt competition by further decreasing consumer choice in the already too-small telecom market. Gizmodo reports that the merger could cost customers of the two companies a combined $4.5 billion per year.
The remaining 14 states are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.