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A pp ea l fr om the U ni t ed S t at es D i stri ctC ou rt f orthe W e s t e rn D i s tr i c tof W a s hi ngt on R i c ha r d A . J one s , D i s tr i c tJudge , P r e s i di ng A r gue d S e pt e m be r1, 2011 S ubm i tt e d F e brua ry1, 2012 S e a tt l e , W a s hi ngt on B efo re: H A W K IN S , B E A , an dM U R G U IA , C i rcu i tJu d g es. C api t ol W e s tA ppr a i s a l s , on be ha l f of i t s e l f a nd a l l othe r s s i m i l a r l ys i tua t e d, appe a l s the di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s R ul e 12( b) ( 6) di s m i s s a l of thi s di ve r s i tya c t i on br ought



# FI LED FEB 03 2 012 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALSun der the C l as s A ct i on F ai rnes s A ctof 20 05 . B ec ause the fa ct s and procedural

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a m ilia rto th e p a rtie s , w e d o n o t r e c ite th e m h e r e e x c e p t a s n e c e s s a ryto e x p l a i n o u rd e c i s i o n . W e h a v e j u r i s d i c t i o n u n d e r2 8 U . S. C. § 1 2 9 1 , a n dw e a f f i rm. T he C al i forni a c om m on -l aw du ty t o p rovi de fa i r procedures appl i es w hen (1 ) a si g n i fi can tp u b l i c i n t eresti s affected, and (2 ) th e p ri v at e co m p an y i s a

“ gat ekee per, ” i n thati tpo ss es se s s ub st ant i al po w ersuch thati t s c on du ct

“ s i gni f i c a nt l yi m pa i r s the abi l i tyof a n or di na ry , c om pe t e nt ” w orke rt o pr a c t i c e the tra de “ i n a part i cul argeog raph i c are a, there by af fe ct i ng an i m po rt ant , subst ant i al ec on om i c i nt er es t . ” P otv i n v . Me tr o. L i f e I ns . C o. , 9 9 7 P .2 d1 1 5 3 , 1 1 6 0 ( C a l. 2 0 0 0 ) . W e ne e d notde c i de w he the rC ountry w i de ’ s m a i nt e na nc e of the U n a c c e p tab le V e n d o rL is t ( “U V L ” ) im p lic a te s as ig n if ic a n t p u b lic in te r e s t, because the S ec on d A m ended C om pl ai nt(“ S A C ”) do es no tsuff i ci ent l y a l l ege that C ountry w i de i s a“ ga t e ke e pe r ” t o pe r f orm i ng appr a i s a l s e rvi c e s i n I da ho. T he SA C a l l e g e s o n l yth a tCo u n try w i d e i s th e l a r g e s to r i g i n a t o ro f r e s i d e n t i a l h o me l o a n s n a t i o n a l l y , a n dc o n t a i n s n o a l l e g a t i o n s s p e c i f i c t o I d a h o . I n d e e d , th e S AC adm i t s thatbo th W ade M as se y and C api t ol W es tcont i nu e t o p er form apprai sa l s e rv ic e s d e s p ite M a s s e y ’s p r e s e n c e o n th e U V L . I n a d d i t i o n , th e S AC f

a i l s t o a l l e g e th a tMa s s e y ’ s p r e s e n c e o n th e UV L affected an “ i m p o rt an t , su b st an t i al eco n o m i c i n t erest . ” C ap i t o l W estal l eg es o n l y am o n et ary l o ss, w i th n o co n t ex tas t o w h atp o rt i o n o f i t s o v eral l b u si n ess th i s l o ss

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ai r procedures t o C ou ntry w i de. W i th res pectt o the C al i forni a c om m on -l aw t ortof i nt ent i on al i nt er fe re nce w ith p ro sp ec ti v e e co n o m ic ad v an tag e, th e S A C fa il s to p lead C o u n tryw id e’s k n o w le d g e o f

a n e c o n o m ic r e la tio n s h ip b e tw e e n C ap ito l W e s t a n dath ir dp a rty , a r e q u ir e de le m e n t. Se e Kor e a Suppl yC o. v . L oc khe e d M

ar t i n C or p. , 63 P . 3d 937, 950 ( C a l . 2003) . T he S A C m e r e l ys t a t e s tha tC ountry w i de ha d know l e dge of ec on om i c r el at i on shi ps betw ee n C api t ol W es tand m ort gage brok er s and l enders w i thouta nyf

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i c a l l e ga t i ons . T he s e c onc l us orys t a t e m e nt s a r e not en ti tl ed to th e p re su m p ti o n o f tru th , an dar e in su ff icien t t o p lead C o u n tryw id e’s k n o w le d g e . Se e A s hc r of t v . I qbal , 1 2 9 S . C t. 1 9 3 7 , 1 9 5 1 ( 2 0 0 9 ) .

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i c i e nc i e s bypr e vi ous a m e ndm e nt s , undue prej ud i ce t o the op po si ng party and fut i l i ty of the prop osed am endm ent . ” Moo re v. Kaypo rt P ackage E

xp. Inc. , 88 5 F . 2d 53 1, 53 8 (9th C i r. 19 89 ). C api t ol W es tfa i l ed e v e n to r e q u e s t th e o p p o rtu n ityto a m e n dits c o m p la in t b e lo w , a n dd ids o h e r e o n ly i n i t s r epl y bri ef

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