Hunt

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JAMES EVERETT HUNT; JUAN No. 24-3568

RODRIGUEZ; KURT VOUTAZ;

D.C. No.

JOEL WHITE; ANDREW AUSTIN;

4:19-cv-02935-

SCOTT KLINE; RYAN FISHMAN,

HSG

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v. OPINION

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS

LLP (PWC),

Defendant - Appellee,

and

BLOOM ENERGY

CORPORATION, JP MORGAN

SECURITIES, LLC, MORGAN

STANLEY SMITH BARNEY, LLC,

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES

(USA) LLC, KEYBANC CAPITAL

MARKETS INC., MERRILL

LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER &

SMITH INCORPORATED,

ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO.

INCORPORATED, COWEN AND

COMPANY, LLC, HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.,

OPPENHEIMER & CO. INC.,

RAYMOND JAMES &

ASSOCIATES, INC.,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 11, 2025 San Francisco, California

Filed November 10, 2025

Before: Milan D. Smith, Jr. and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge. *

Opinion by Judge N. Randy Smith

* The Honorable Douglas L. Rayes, United States District Judge for the District of…