Chalk

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ELLEN CHALK; PAUL STEWART, 

husband and wife, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, No. 06-35909 v.  D.C. No.

CV-06-00158-BR

T-MOBILE USA, INC., a Delaware corporation; SONY ERICSSON OPINION

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS USA,

INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Anna J. Brown, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 10, 2008—Portland, Oregon

Filed March 27, 2009

Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Harry Pregerson, and Stephen Reinhardt, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Reinhardt

3731 3734 CHALK v. T-MOBILE USA

COUNSEL

Karen E. Read, Lake Oswego, Oregon, for the plaintiffs- appellants.

Scott Ferrell, John O’Malley, and Ward Lott, Call, Jensen & Ferrell, Newport Beach, California, Nancy Erfle, Christopher Dorr, and Michael T. Garone, Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt, Portland, Oregon, for the defendants-appellees. CHALK v. T-MOBILE USA 3735

OPINION

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we consider whether the district…