sdv/acci, Inc. v. At&t Cororation

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SDV/ACCI, INC.; R. GERALD 

METZ; TONIA METZ,

No. 06-15860 Plaintiffs-Appellants, v.  D.C. No.

CV-02-01529-VRW

AT&T CORPORATION; MARGARET E.

OPINION

ROMAN,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Vaughn R. Walker, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 12, 2008—San Francisco, California

Filed April 11, 2008

Before: William C. Canby, Jr., David R. Thompson, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Canby; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.

3817 3820 SDV/ACCI, INC. v. AT&T CORP.

COUNSEL

Paul Kleven, Berkeley, California, for the plaintiffs- appellants. SDV/ACCI, INC. v. AT&T CORP. 3821 Kevin M. Fong, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees.

OPINION

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs SDV/ACCI, Tonia Metz and Gerald Metz brought this action against AT&T and one of its employees, Margaret Roman, alleging that Ms. Roman defamed the plain- tiffs in the…