VILLAGE OF BEDFORD PARK v. EXPEDIA, INC.

Nos. 16-3932 & 16-3944.

876 F.3d 296 (2017)

VILLAGE OF BEDFORD PARK, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Village of Lombard, Plaintiff-Cross-Appellee, v. EXPEDIA, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Q. Bird , Alexandria Seay , Paul I. Hotchkiss , Attorneys, Bird Law Group, P.C., John W. Crongeyer , Attorney, Crongeyer Law Firm, PC, Atlanta, GA, Robert K. Finnell , Attorney, Finnell Firm, Rome, GA, Michael S. Kzrak , Attorney, Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Dominick L. Lanzito , Paul O'Grady , Attorneys, Peterson, Johnson & Murray-Chicago LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in No. 16-3932.

Allyson Newton Ho , Attorney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Dallas, TX, Mark Jacob Altschul , Elizabeth Brooke Herrington , Attorneys, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Chicago, IL, Judd Edward Stone, II , Attorney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, for Expedia, Inc. and Trip Network, Inc. in Nos. 16-3932 & 16-3944.

Albert L. Hogan, III , Marcella Louise Lape , Attorneys, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL, Jennifer J. McGahey , Anne Marie Seibel , Attorneys, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, AL, for priceline.com Incorporated in No. 16-3932 and priceline.com LLC in No. 16-3944.

Brian S. Stagner , Attorney, Kelly, Hart & Hallman, Fort Worth, TX, for Travelocity.com LP in Nos. 16-3932 & 16-3944.

Randolph K. Herndon , Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE, Albert L. Hogan, III , Marcella Louise Lape, Attorneys, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL, Jennifer J. McGahey , Anne Marie Seibel , Attorneys, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham, AL, for priceline.com LLC in No. 16-3932.

William Q. Bird , Alexandria Seay , Paul I. Hotchkiss , Attorneys, Bird Law Group, P.C., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 16-3944.

Before Bauer and Hamilton, Circuit Judges, and Darrow, District Judge.


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