United States Ninth Circuit

In an action against Internet travel companies such as Hotels.com, Priceline.com, and Travelocity.com, claiming that they failed to calculate and remit hotel occupancy taxes in violation of a city ordinance, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part where plaintiff-city failed to assess the tax as required by the ordinance.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/17/2009
• Decided 07/16/2009
• Published 07/16/2009

Judges

• Before:  JOHN T. NOONAN, GLENN L. ARCHER, JR., and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Monique Olivier, The Sturdevant Law Firm, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Darrel J. Hieber, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.