United States Second Circuit

In a dispute involving hotel taxes, district court judgment is vacated and remanded for a further jurisidictional determination as there are substantial questions as to whether the complaint meets the requirements for class certification under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/11/2009
• Published 08/11/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  WALKER and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter J. Clines, for Lorna B. Goodman, Office of the Nassau County Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Robert S. Schachter, Joseph Lipofsky, Paul Kleidman, and David R. Kromm, Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, Garden City, N.Y., and New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brian S. Stagner, Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP, Fort Worth, TX, (William M. Savino, Rivkin Radler LLP, Uniondale, N.Y., on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees., Chad Arnette, Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Travelocity.com, Inc., Travelocity.com LP, and Site59.com LLC., Paul E. Chronis and Elizabeth B. Herrington, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Orbitz, Inc., Orbitz, LLC, Internetwork Publishing Corp. d/b/a Lodging.com, Trip Network, Inc. d/b/a Cheaptickets.com, and Cendant Travel Distribution Services Group, Inc., James P. Karen and Deborah S. Sloan, Jones Day, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Hotels.com, LP, Hotels.com GP, LLC, Hotwire, Inc., Expedia, Inc., and TravelNow.com, Inc., Darrel J. Hieber, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA, and Karen L. Valihura, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Defendants-Appellees Priceline.com, Inc., Lowestfare.com, Inc., and Travelweb LLC., John D. Pernick, Bingham McCutchen LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee Maupintour Holding, LLC.