United States Ninth Circuit
Lowden v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., 06-35395
In a class action brought by two consumers of T-Mobile's cellular phone service raising contract and state consumer protection law claims, denial of T-Mobile's motion to compel arbitration is affirmed where: 1) the decision in Scott v. Cingular Wireless, 161 P.3d 1000 (Wash. 2007), established that T-Mobile's arbitration provision was substantively unconscionable and unenforceable under Washington state law; and 2) in light of Shroyer v. New Cingular Wireless Servs., Inc., 498 F.3d 976 (9th Cir. 2007), there is no federal preemption.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/07/2007
- Decided 01/22/2008
- Published 01/22/2008
Judges
- GOULD, Circuit Judge:, Before: WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR., SUSAN P. GRABER, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Stephen M. Rummage, Kristina Silja Bennard, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellant., David E. Breskin, and Daniel F. Johnson, Breskin Johnson & Townsend, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.