Aljian

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DONALD JOHNSON, individually and  on behalf of all others similarly situated, No. 04-56997 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CV-03-05986-FMC

JAMES D. ALJIAN; KIRK KERKORIAN; OPINION

TRACINDA CORPORATION,

Defendants-Appellants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Florence Marie Cooper, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 8, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed June 20, 2007

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain COUNSEL

Eric Landau, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Irvine, Califor- nia, argued the cause for defendants-appellants James D. Aljian, Kirk Kerkorian, and Tracinda Corporation; Shawn M. Harpen, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Irvine, California, and Terry Christensen and Eric P. Early, Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glasser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP, Los Angeles, California, were on the brief.

Christopher L. Nelson, Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP,…