BLOUGH v. HOLLAND REALTY, INC.

Nos. 08-35536, 08-35542, 08-35548, 08-35549.

574 F.3d 1084 (2009)

Curtis BLOUGH; Gwendolyn Blough, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOLLAND REALTY, INC., Defendant-Appellee. Gary Yasuda; Shawna Yasuda, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sel-Equity Company, dba Sel-Equity Realty, dba Sel-Equity Real Estate, Defendant-Appellee. Dave Merrithew; Emily Merrithew; Michael B. Howell; Peggy Jo Howell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Park Pointe Realty, Inc., dba John L. Scott Real Estate, Defendant-Appellee. Robert Bafus; Renae Bafus; Gene Dudley; Lola R. Dudley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Aspen Realty, Inc., dba Coldwell Banker Aspen Realty, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve W. Berman and Craig R. Spiegel, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA, Philip H. Gordon and Bruce S. Bistline, Gordon Law Office, Bruce C. Jones, Jones & Swartz PLLC, and Daniel Loras Glynn, Trout Jones Gledhill Fuhrman PA, Boise, ID, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Eugene A. Ritti, Brad P. Miller, and Jason D. Scott, Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP, Boise, ID, for defendant-appellee Holland Realty, Inc.

Michael K. Kelley and Scott S. Shay, Haglund, Kelley, Horngren, Jones & Wilder LLP, Portland, OR, for defendant-appellee Sel-Equity Company.

Richard C. Boardman and Christine M. Salmi, Perkins Coie LLP, Boise, ID, for defendant-appellee Park Pointe Realty, Inc.

James E. Hartley and Elizabeth A. Phelan, Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, CO, and B. Newal Squyres and A. Dean Bennett, Holland & Hart, Boise, ID, for defendant-appellee Aspen Realty, Inc.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, PAMELA ANN RYMER and A. WALLACE TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.


RYMER, Circuit Judge:

Buyers of newly-constructed houses in the Boise, Idaho area claim that various realtors representing developers tied the sale of undeveloped lots to services and commissions for developed property in violation of the federal and state anti-trust laws. Applying the doctrine of "zero foreclosure," the district court granted summary judgment to the realtors because there is no market for listing and referral services among potential buyers of newly...

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