Maria Sanchez v. Aerovias De Mexico, S.A. De C.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARIA SANCHEZ, individually and  on behalf of all others similarly situated, No. 08-55588 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  2:07-cv-07280-

AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE R-RC

C.V., doing business as OPINION Aeromexico, Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 5, 2009—Pasadena, California

Filed January 5, 2010

Before: Pamela Ann Rymer, Andrew J. Kleinfeld and Barry G. Silverman, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Rymer; Dissent by Judge Kleinfeld COUNSEL

H. Rossbacher, The Rossbacher Firm, Los Angeles, Califor- nia, for the petitioner-appellant. 342 SANCHEZ v. AEROVIAS DE MEXICO Frank A. Silane, Condon & Forsyth LLP, Los Angeles, Cali- fornia, for the respondent-appellee.

OPINION

RYMER, Circuit Judge:

When Maria Sanchez bought a ticket to fly from California to Mexico, the airline collected a tourism tax for the Mexican…