Coalition for Icann v. Verisign, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

COALITION FOR ICANN 

TRANSPARENCY, INC., a Delaware corporation, No. 07-16151 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-05-04826-RMW

VERISIGN, INC., a Delaware OPINION corporation, Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Ronald M. Whyte, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 8, 2008—San Francisco, California

Filed June 5, 2009

Before: Mary M. Schroeder, A. Wallace Tashima and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Schroeder Bret A. Fausett, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff- appellant.

Ronald L. Johnston, Los Angeles, California, for defendant- appellee.

Dennis M. Hart, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Internet Commerce Association.

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is about whether the plaintiff, Coalition for ICANN Transparency, Inc., using antitrust statutes drafted in the late 19th century, has successfully stated claims in con- nection with the administration of the Internet domain…