Vivendi Sa v. T-Mobile USA Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

VIVENDI SA; VIVENDI HOLDING I 

CORP.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. No. 08-35561 T-MOBILE USA INC.; T-MOBILE  D.C. No. 2:06-cv-01524-JLR

DEUTSCHLAND GMBH T-MOBILE

INTERNATIONAL AG; DEUTSCHE OPINION

TELEKOM AG; ZYGMUNT SOLORZ-

ZAK,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington James L. Robart, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 3, 2009—Seattle, Washington

Filed November 2, 2009

Before: Harry Pregerson, John T. Noonan, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bea

14767 14770 VIVENDI SA v. T-MOBILE USA INC.

COUNSEL

Lanny J. Davis, Garret G. Rasmussen, Adam W. Goldberg, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, D.C., for the appellants.

Samuel A. Keesal, Jr., Ben Suter, Robert J. Bocko, Keesal, Young & Logan, San Francisco, California, for the appellees.

OPINION

BEA, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns a French corporation’s allegations that a German corporation and a Polish billionaire colluded fraudulently in Europe to…