IN RE PACQUIAO-MAYWEATHER BOX. MATCH PAY-PER-VIEW

No. 17-56366, No. 17-56372, No. 17-56379, No. 17-56381, No. 17-56382, No. 17-56384, No. 17-56385, No. 17-56386, No. 17-56387, No. 17-56388, No. 17-56392, No. 17-56394, No. 17-56395, No. 17-56398, No. 17-56399, No. 17-56401.

942 F.3d 1160 (2019)

IN RE PACQUIAO-MAYWEATHER BOXING MATCH PAY-PER-VIEW LITIGATION, Gerald F. Alessi; Victor Bobadilla; Enrique Barrios; David Bradley; Bill Brady; Chamar Bynum; Victor Capo; Sean Michael Crabtree; Devarious Craig; Kristina Darden; John Day; Paul Dehart; Brian Denis Flynn; David Galandak; Ray Heredia; Greg Hoevener; Jammers, Inc.; Seth J. Lamb; Joseph Lake; Paul Mahoney; Robert Martinez; Heather Mcdonald; Susan Medina; Howard Miller; Lisette Nazario; Felix Natal; Evans Nycole; Gary Rempel; Jacqueline Mora Rodriguez; Jason Schofield; Gabriel Ivan Santos; David Smith; Angela Thill; Joshua Thrailkill; Christopher Vallaro; City Nights Hospitality, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Top Rank, Inc.; Robert Arum; Michael Koncz; Home Box Office, Inc.; Todd DuBoef, Defendants-Appellees. Jammers, Inc., DBA Flight Restaurant/Flights Beer Bar, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; City Nights Hospitality, LLC, DBA 48 Lounge, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Top Rank, Inc.; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Michael Koncz; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Home Box Office, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Paul Mahoney, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Brian Denis Flynn; John Day; Heather McDonald; Angela Thill; Gary Rempel, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Emmanuel Pacquiao; Top Rank, Inc.; Michael Koncz; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Home Box Office, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Enrique Barrios; Christopher Vallaro; Felix Natal; Chamar Bynum; David Smith, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Emmanuel Pacquiao; Top Rank, Inc.; Michael Koncz; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Home Box Office, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Gerald F. Alessi, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Top Rank, Inc.; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Michael Koncz; Home Box Office, Inc.; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Bill Brady, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Howard Miller; Paul Brodsky; Marcy Lokietz, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Home Box Office, Inc.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Top Rank, Inc.; Michael Koncz; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef, Defendants-Appellees. David Bradley, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Emmanuel Pacquiao; Top Rank, Inc.; Michael Koncz; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Home Box Office, Inc.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Defendants-Appellees. Victor Bobadilla; Lisette Nazario; Jason Schofield; Evans Nycole, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Top Rank, Inc.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Robert Arum; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Home Box Office, Inc.; Michael Koncz; Todd DuBoef, Defendants-Appellees. David Galandak; Robert Martinez; Susan Medina, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Top Rank, Inc.; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Home Box Office, Inc.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Michael Koncz, Defendants-Appellees. Greg Hoevener, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Top Rank, Inc.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Robert Arum; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Todd DuBoef; Michael Koncz; Home Box Office, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Devarious Craig; Kristina Darden, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Emmanuel Pacquiao; Top Rank, Inc.; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Michael Koncz; Home Box Office, Inc.; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. Paul Dehart; Ray Heredia, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Top Rank, Inc.; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Michael Koncz; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Home Box Office, Inc., Defendants-appellees. Seth J. Lamb; Victor Capo, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Home Box Office, Inc.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Top Rank, Inc.; Michael Koncz; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Defendants-Appellees. Jacqueline Mora Rodriguez; Gabriel Ivan Santos, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Top Rank, Inc.; Robert Arum; Michael Koncz; Todd DuBoef; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Home Box Office, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Joshua Thrailkill, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Top Rank, Inc.; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Emmanuel Pacquiao; Michael Koncz; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Home Box Office, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Sean Michael Crabtree, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Emmanuel Pacquiao; Top Rank, Inc.; Michael Koncz; Robert Arum; Todd DuBoef; Floyd Mayweather, Jr.; Mayweather Promotions, LLC; Home Box Office, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hart L. Robinovitch (argued), Zimmerman Reed LLP, Scottsdale, Arizona; Paul B. Derby , Courtney E. Curtis , and John J. O'Kane IV , Skiermont Derby LLP, Los Angeles, California; Laurence D. King and Matthew B. George , Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, San Francisco, California; Marc A. Goldich , Axler Goldich LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kevin P. Roddy , Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer P.A., Woodbridge, New Jersey; Melissa Emert , Stull Stull & Brody, New York, New York; Caleb Marker , Zimmerman Reed LLP, Manhattan Beach, California; William B. Federman and Carin L. Marcussen , Federman & Sherwood, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; David Woloshin , Astor Weiss Kaplan & Mandel LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Todd Seth Garber , Finkelstein Blankenship Freipearson & Garber LLP, White Plains, New York; Abbas Kazerounian , Kazerouni Law Group APC, Costa Mesa, California; Stephen P. DeNittis , DeNittis Osefchen P.C., Marlton, New Jersey; James J. Jimmerson , Jimmerson Law Firm PC, Las Vegas, Nevada; Robert R. Duncan , Duncan Law Group LLC, Chicago, Illinois; Will Kemp and J. Randall Jones , Kemp Jones & Coulthard LLP, Las Vegas, Nevada; Thomas C. Cronin , Cronin & Co. Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; Todd M. Friedman and Adrian R. Bacon , Law Offices of Todd Friedman P.C., Beverly Hills, California; Francis M. Gregorek , Betsy C. Manifold , and Rachelle R. Rickert , Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, San Diego, California; Lee A. Weiss and Albert G. Lum , Burns Weiss LLP, Canoga Park, California; Shannon L. Hopkins , Nancy A. Kulesa , and Stephanie A. Bartone , Levi & Korsinsky LLP, Stamford, Connecticut; Thomas J. McKenna and Gregory M. Egleston , Gainey McKenna & Egleston, New York, New York; Michael S. Agruss , Agruss Law Firm LLC, Chicago, Illinois; Thomas A. Zimmerman Jr. and Amelia S. Newton , Zimmerman Law Offices P.C., Chicago, Illinois; Scott D. Egleston , Scott Egleston P.A., Miami, Florida; Zachary West , The Berman Law Group, Boca Raton, Florida; Cullin O'Brien , Cullin O'Brien Law P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Paul Kent Bramlett , Bramlett Law Offices, Nashville, Tennessee; Sandesh K. Viswanath , SKV Law Firm PLC, Southfield, Michigan; Leon Greenberg , Las Vegas, Nevada; Nelson Robles Diaz , Nelson Robles-Diaz Law Offices P.S.C., San Juan, Puerto Rico; T. Ryan Langley , Hodge & Langley Law Firm P.C., Spartanburg, South Carolina; Buddy S. Perry , Winchester, Tennessee; Eric M. Albritton , Anthony K. Bruster , and Shawn A. Latchford , Albritton Law Firm, Longview, Texas; Marcus R. Spagnoletti , Spagnoletti & Co., Houston, Texas; Edgardo M. Lopez , J. Flores Valdez , and Marlon B. Baldomero , Filipino Law Group, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mark G. Tratos (argued), Greenberg Traurig LLP, Las Vegas, Nevada; Ruth A. Bahe-Jachna , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Chicago, Illinois; for Defendants-Appellees Floyd Mayweather and Mayweather Promotions LLC.

Daniel M. Petrocelli (argued), Jeffrey A. Barker , David Marroso , and Esteban Rodriguez , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Defendants-Appellees Emmanuel Pacquiao , Top Rank Inc., Robert Arum , Michael Koncz , Todd DuBoef , and Home Box Office Inc.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Ronald Lee Gilman and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

"The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat. The human drama of athletic competition."1 Jim McKay's famous phrase captures not only the excitement but also the uncertainty of competitive sports for athletes and fans alike. On any given day, an underdog may defeat a champion, and...

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