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CITY OF BIRMINGHAM v. ORBITZ, LLC

1100874.

93 So.3d 932 (2012)

CITY OF BIRMINGHAM et al. v. ORBITZ, LLC, et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 13, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry I. Frohsin , James F. Barger, Jr. , J. Elliot Walthall , and Ronald R. Brunson of Frohsin & Barger, LLC, Birmingham; S. Dangal Rowe of Wilmer & Lee, P.A., Huntsville; and Phillip E. Adams, Jr. , of Adams, Umbach, Davidson & White, Opelika, for appellants.

Bruce F. Rogers of Bainbridge, Mims, Rogers & Smith, LLP, Birmingham, for appellees Orbitz, LLC; Internetwork Publishing Corp. (d/b/a Lodging.com); Trip Network, Inc. (d/b/a CheapTickets); Travelocity.com L.P.; Site59.com, LLC; Hotels.com, L.P.; Hotels.com GP, LLC; Hotwire, Inc.; TravelNow.com, Inc.; and Expedia, Inc.

Matthew H. Lembke and Michael D. McKibben of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham; Darrel J. Hieber of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, California; for appellees priceline.com Incorporated; Lowestfare.com, Incorporated (n/k/a Lowestfare.com LLC); and Travelweb LLC.

Jeffrey A. Rossman of McDermont, Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for appellees Orbitz, LLC; Internetwork Publishing Corp. (d/b/a Lodging.com) and Trip Network, Inc. (d/b/a CheapTickets).

MAIN, Justice.

The appellants, 9 Alabama municipalities (hereinafter referred to as "the municipal plaintiffs") and the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority (hereinafter collectively referred to with the municipal plaintiffs as "the municipalities"), appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of the appellees, 16 online travel service companies and related entities (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the OTCs"). The issue presented by this case is...

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