Charissa Keebaugh v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHARISSA KEEBAUGH; No. 22-55982

STEPHANIE NEVEU; HEATHER

MERCIERI; SOPHIA NICHOLSON; D.C. No. P.W., by and through his Guardian 2:22-cv-01272- JOIE WEIHER; on behalf of MEMF-AGR themselves and all others similarly situated,

OPINION

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v.

WARNER BROS.

ENTERTAINMENT INC., a Delaware corporation,

Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 12, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed April 26, 2024 Before: Richard C. Tallman and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges, and Robert S. Lasnik, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bennett

SUMMARY **

Arbitration

The panel reversed the district court’s order denying Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.’s motion to compel arbitration pursuant to the Terms of Service in a mobile application Game of Thrones: Conquest (“GOTC”). Plaintiffs filed a putative class action against Warner Bros. alleging false and misleading advertising within GOTC. Warner Bros.…