DEX MEDIA WEST, INC. v. CITY OF SEATTLE

Nos. 11-35399, 11-35787.

696 F.3d 952 (2012)

DEX MEDIA WEST, INC.; SuperMedia LLC; Yellow Pages Integrated Media Association, DBA Yellow Pages Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SEATTLE; Ray Hoffman, in his official capacity as Director of Seattle Public Utilities, Defendants-Appellees. Dex Media West, Inc.; SuperMedia LLC; Yellow Pages Integrated Media Association, DBA Yellow Pages Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Seattle; Ray Hoffman, in his official capacity as Director of Seattle Public Utilities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Burman (argued), Kathleen M. O'Sullivan , and Noah G. Purcell , Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Jessica L. Goldman (argued), Summit Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, William Foster and Gregory Narver , Seattle City Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: RICHARD R. CLIFTON and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD R. KORMAN, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:

The "yellow pages" telephone directory was once a ubiquitous part of American life, found in virtually every household and office. We were regularly encouraged to let our fingers do the walking. But times have changed, and today phone books, like land-line telephones themselves, are not so universally accepted.

The City of Seattle imposes substantial conditions and costs on the distribution of yellow pages phone directories...

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