IN RE ONLINE DVD-RENTAL ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Nos. 11-18034, 12-16160, 12-16183.

779 F.3d 914 (2015)

In re ONLINE DVD-RENTAL ANTITRUST LITIGATION, Andrea Resnick; Bryan Eastman; Amy Latham; Melanie Miscioscia; Stan Magee; Michael Orozco; Lisa Sivek; Michael Wiener, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Netflix, Inc.; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Walmart.com USA LLC, Defendants-Appellees. In re Online DVD-Rental Antitrust Litigation, Andrea Resnick; Bryan Eastman; Amy Latham; Melanie Miscioscia; Stan Magee; Michael Orozco; Lisa Sivek; Michael Wiener, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Netflix, Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Walmart.com USA LLC, Defendants. In re Online DVD-Rental Antitrust Litigation, Andrea Resnick; Amy Latham; Melanie Miscioscia; Stan Magee; Michael Orozco; Lisa Sivek; Michael Wiener; Bryan Eastman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Netflix, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Walmart.com USA LLC, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Abrams and Gregory Lynn Baker , Baker Hostetler LLP, Washington, D.C.; William G. Caldes , Eugene A. Spector , and Jonathan M. Jagher , Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Merrill G. Davidoff , H. Laddie Montague, Jr. , Sarah Rebecca Schalman-Bergen , and David Francis Sorensen , Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA; Guido Saveri and Lisa Saveri , Saveri & Saveri, Inc., San Francisco, CA; Todd A. Seaver and Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. , Berman DeValerio; San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Jeffrey Bank , Tiffany L. Lee , Jonathan M. Jacobson and David Reichenberg , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, New York, New York; Keith Edward Eggleton , Dylan James Liddiard , Maura L. Rees , and Anthony Weibell , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA; Scott Sher , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Washington, D.C.; attorneys for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant Netflix.

Lawrence C. DiNardo and Paula W. Render , Jones Day, Chicago, IL; Richard Wolf Hess and Neal Manne , Susman Godfrey, LLP, Houston, TX; Kathryn Parsons Hoek and Marc M. Seltzer , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA; Stephen E. Morrissey and Genevieve Vose , Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA, for Defendants Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Walmart.com USA LLC.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge, STEPHEN REINHARDT, Circuit Judge, and LLOYD D. GEORGE, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

These consolidated antitrust actions arise out of an agreement ("Promotion Agreement") between Netflix and Walmart1 whereby Walmart transferred its online DVD-rental subscribers to Netflix, and Netflix agreed to promote Walmart's DVD sales business. The plaintiffs, individuals representing...

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