SOSA v. DIRECTV, INC.

No. 04-55036.

437 F.3d 923 (2006)

Rod SOSA; Gary Whittaker; Rodney Bylsma, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DIRECTV, INC.; Hughes Electronics Corporation; General Motors Corporation; Yarmuth Wilsdon Calfo, PLLC; Greer, Herz & Adams, LLP; Stump, Storey, Callahan & Dietrich, PA; DIRECTV End User Development Group; DIRECTV End User Recovery Project, LLC; Secure Signals International; McGinnis Group International, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Willens, Esq., Yorba Linda, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Dale H. Oliver, Los Angeles, CA, argued the case for the defendants-appellees. Michael E. Williams and A. Eric Bjorgum, Los Angeles, CA, were on the briefs.

Before FERNANDEZ and BERZON, Circuit Judges, and OWEN PANNER, District Judge.


BERZON, Circuit Judge.

DIRECTV, Inc., et al. ("DIRECTV") sent tens of thousands of demand letters alleging that the recipients had accessed DIRECTV's satellite television signal illegally and would be sued if they did not quickly settle DIRECTV's claims against them under the Federal Communications Act. Plaintiffs Rod Sosa, et al. ("Sosa") filed this class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and a putative class of recipients...

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