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POULOS v. CAESARS WORLD, INC.

No. 02-16604.

379 F.3d 654 (2004)

William H. POULOS; Brenda McElmore; Larry Schreier, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CAESARS WORLD, INC.; Sigma Game, Inc.; International Game Technology; Argosy Gaming Co., Aztar Corporation; Bally Entertainment; Boyd Gaming Corporation; Boyd Mississippi; Casino America; Casino Magic Corporation; Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc.; Claridge at Park Place; Elsinore Corporation; Gold Mine Casino; Gold River Hotel & Casino Corporation; Grand Casinos, Inc.; Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.; Hilton Hotels Corporation; Hollywood Casino; Hyatt Hotels Corporation; Lady Luck Gaming Corporation; M G M Grand, Inc.; Mirage Resorts, Inc.; Players International; Players Riverboat Casino; Primadonna Resorts, Inc.; Princess Hotels International; Rio Suite Hotel and Casino; Sands Regent Hotel & Casino; Sante Fe Gaming Corporation; Station Casinos, Inc.; Trump Organization; Union Plaza Hotel & Casino; Atlantic City Coin & Slot Service; Delta Diversions; Sodak Gaming; Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.; Resorts International; Showboat, Inc.; Trump Castle Hotel & Casino; Trump Taj Mahal Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Boies, Karen C. Dyer, David A. Barrett, Caryl L. Boies, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Armonk, NY, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

David N. Frederick, Dennis L. Kennedy, Stephen R. Hackett, Lionel Sawyer & Collins; James J. Pisanelli, Schreck Brignone Godfrey; and William E. Cooper, Cooper Law Offices, Las Vegas, NV, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: WALLACE, McKEOWN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

This permissive interlocutory appeal comes to us from a denial of class certification in a lawsuit involving the gaming industry. Proposed class representatives, William H. Poulos, Brenda McElmore, and Larry Schreier ("Class Representatives"), challenge an alleged "scheme to defraud patrons of gambling casinos" by a group of over sixty gaming machine manufacturers and the casino and cruise ship operators that use the machines ("the Casinos...

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