Luis Lopez v. Washington Mutual Bank, Fa

284 F.3d 990 Luis LOPEZ, individually and on behalf of the General Public; Barbara Bowman; Gary D. Miller, Jr., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, Defendant-Appellee. No. 01-15303. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 13, 2002. Filed March 14, 2002. Amended May 9, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Robert D. Newman (argued), Western Center on Law & Poverty, Los Angeles, CA. Appearances only by Helen H. Kang, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA; Kyra Kazantzis, Mental Health Advocacy Project, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA; Gerald A. McIntyre, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Los Angeles, CA; and Dean Paik, Cohen & Paik, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Matthew L. Larrabee (argued), Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA. Appearance only by Scott E. Morgan, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Ronald M. Whyte, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-20890-RMW(PVT).…