Gerlinger

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GARY GERLINGER, individually and  on behalf of all others similarly situated, No. 05-17328 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-02-05238-MHP

AMAZON.COM INC.; BORDERS GROUP, OPINION

INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Marilyn H. Patel, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 8, 2007—San Francisco, California

Filed May 27, 2008

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and George H. Wu,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Schroeder

*The Honorable George H. Wu, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation. COUNSEL

Roy A. Katriel, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiff-appellant.

Joel Sanders, San Francisco, California, for defendant- appellee Amazon.com.

Reginald Steer, San Francisco, California, for defendant- appellee Borders Group.

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, Gary Gerlinger, like so many of us, purchases books and…