William J. Brown, Iii v. Mci Worldcom Network Services, Inc.

277 F.3d 1166 (9th Cir. 2002) WILLIAM J. BROWN, III, ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, AND ON BEHALF OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT v. MCI WORLDCOM NETWORK SERVICES, INC., DEFENDANT-APPELLEE No. 00-56171 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted December 7, 2001 Filed January 17, 2002 1 [Copyrighted Material Omitted] 2 Michael Padilla, O'Mara & Padilla, San Diego, California, for plaintiff-appellant William J. Brown. 3 Jeffrey A. Rosenfeld, Daniel J. Schultz, Antony E. Buchignani, Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe Llp, Los Angeles, California; Thomas F. O'Neil III, David T. Smorodin, Mci WorldCom, Inc., Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Mci WorldCom Network Services, Inc. 4 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Gary A. Feess, District Judge, Presiding D.C. No. CV-99-11522-GAF 5 Before: Thomas G. Nelson and William A. Fletcher, Circuit Judges, and Ann L. Aiken, District Judge. * OPINION W. Fletcher, Circuit Judge 6 William Brown appeals the district court's dismissal of his class-action complaint alleging overcharging by telephone service provider MCI WorldCom,…