hotels.comlp

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CITY OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, v.

HOTELS.COM LP; HOTELS.COM GP,

LLC; TRIP NETWORK, INC., d/b/a Cheap Tickets, Inc.; TRAVELPORT, No. 07-17258 INC., f/k/a Cendant Travel Distribution Services Group Inc.; D.C. No.

EXPEDIA, INC.; INTERNETWORK  CV-07-03432-SBA

PUBLISHING CORP., d/b/a ORDER AND Lodging.com; LOWESTFARE.COM AMENDED

INC.; ORBITZ, INC.; ORBITZ, LLC; OPINION

PRICELINE.COM, INC.; SABRE

HOLDINGS CORP.; SITE59.COM, LLC;

TRAVELOCITY.COM INC;

TRAVELOCITY.COM LP; TRAVELWEB

LLC; TRAVELNOW.COM, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Saundra B. Armstrong, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 17, 2009—San Francisco, California

Filed July 16, 2009 Amended August 20, 2009

11439 11440 CITY OF OAKLAND v. HOTELS.COM Before: John T. Noonan, Glenn L. Archer, Jr.,* and M. Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge McKeown

*The Honorable Glenn L. Archer, Jr., Senior United…