LINKLINE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; Inreach Internet LLC; Om Networks, dba Omsoft Technologies, Inc.; Nitelog, Inc., dba Red Shift Internet Services, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
SBC CALIFORNIA, INC., fka Pacific Bell Telephone Company; Pacific Bell Internet Services; SBC Advanced Solutions, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted June 5, 2007.
Filed September 11, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert A. Mittelstaedt and Craig E. Stewart, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA, for appellants SBC California, Inc., Pacific Bell Internet Services, and SBC Advanced Solutions, Inc.
Maxwell M. Blecher and Gary M. Joye, Blecher & Collins, P.C., Los Angeles, CA, for appellees linkLine Communications, Inc., In-Reach Internet LLC, Om Networks, dba Omsoft Technologies, Nitelog, Inc., dba Red Shift Internet Services.
John Thorne and Paul J. Larkin, Jr., Verizon Communications Inc., Arlington, VA; Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC; and Richard G. Taranto, Farr & Taranto, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Verizon Communications, Inc.
Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Opinion by Judge THOMAS; Dissent by Judge GOULD.
THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether the Supreme Court's decision in Verizon Communications, Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP,540 U.S. 398, 124 S.Ct. 872, 157 L.Ed.2d 823 (2004) ("Trinko"), bars a plaintiff from claiming a violation of § 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by virtue of an alleged price squeeze perpetrated...
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