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POKORNY v. QUIXTAR, INC.

No. 08-15880.

601 F.3d 987 (2010)

Jeff POKORNY; Larry Blenn; Kenneth Busiere, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. QUIXTAR, INC.; James Ron Puryear, Jr.; Georgia Lee Puryear; World Wide Group LLC; Britt Worldwide LLC; American Multimedia, Inc.; Britt Management, Inc.; Bill Britt; Peggy Britt, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 20, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Shapiro, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Oakland, CA, Stuart H. Singer, Carlos M. Sires, William T. Dzurilla, and Sigrid S. McCawley, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Willie E. Gary, Maria Sperando, Mary Diaz, Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson & Sperando, Stuart, FL, for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Cedric C. Chao, William L. Stern, and James M. Schurz, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA; James R. Sobieraj, Ralph J. Gabric, and Julie L. Leichtman, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Chicago, IL; C. Matthew Andersen, Winston & Cashatt, Spokane, WA; Donald W. Carlson and Edward F. Donohue, Carlson, Calladine & Peterson, LLP, San Francisco, CA; J. William Blue, Jr., Northen Blue, L.L.P., Chapel Hill, NC; Benjamin K. Riley, Howrey LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellants.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges, and LYLE E. STROM, District Judge.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Quixtar Inc. ("Quixtar"), the successor-in-interest to Amway Corporation, markets a variety of products and services that it sells to consumers through a network of individual distributors that it refers to as "Independent Business Owners" ("IBOs"). All of the IBOs signed on to agreements that included the mandatory alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") provisions that the district court held unconscionable. The other...

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