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COUCH v. TELESCOPE INC.

Nos. 08-56357, 08-56360.

611 F.3d 629 (2010)

Darlene COUCH, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TELESCOPE INC.; American Idol Productions Inc.; Project Support Team Inc.; Fremantlemedia North America Inc.; 19 Entertainment Inc.; CKX Inc.; Fox Broadcasting Company; Fox Interactive Media Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Karen Herbert, and all others similarly situated; Judy Schenker; Jodi Eberhart; Cheryl Bentley, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Endemol USA Inc; NBC Universal, Inc.; Verisign, Inc.; M-Qube, Inc.; Don Jagoda Associates, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff S. Westerman, Sabrina S. Kim, Michiyo Michelle Furukawa, and Andrew J. Sokolowski of Milberg LLP (Los Angeles, CA); Michael C. Spencer of Milberg LLP, New York, NY; Paul R. Kiesel of Kiesel Boucher & Larson LLP, Beverly Hills, CA; Kevin T. Moore of Kevin T. Moore Law Offices, Atlanta, GA; and William A. Pannell, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiff-appellees Darlene Couch et al.

Chad S. Hummel, Brad W. Seiling, and Joanna S. McCallum of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellants NBC Universal, Inc. et al.

Patricia L. Glaser of Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Endemol USA, Inc.

Ronald L. Johnston and Angel L. Tang of Arnold & Porter LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Verisign, Inc. and M-Qube, Inc.

Before ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, STEPHEN S. TROTT and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated interlocutory appeals arise from the district court's denial of defendants' Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss consolidated putative class actions. The district court ruled that the complaint stated a claim that defendants conducted an illegal lottery under California Penal Code § 319 and thereby violated California's unfair business practices law, Cal. Bus. & Prof.Code § 17200. Disagreeing vehemently with this...

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