Argued
and Submitted October 12, 2018 Pasadena, California
Appeal
from the United States District Court for the Central
District of California D.C. Nos. 2:16-cv-06641-ODW-AFM
2:16-cv-06645-ODW-AFM Otis D. Wright II, District Judge,
Presiding.
Donald
B. Verrilli, Jr. (argued) and Chad Golder, Munger, Tolles
& Olson LLP, Washington, D.C.; Joseph W. Cotchett and
Alexandra P. Summer, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP,
Santa Monica, California; Jonathan H. Blavin and Joshua
Patashnik, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco,
California; John B. Major, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los
Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant Airbnb, Inc.
Stephen M. Rummage and Ambika K. Doran, Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP, Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiff-Appellant
HomeAway.com, Inc.
George
S. Cardona (argued), Deputy City Attorney; Lane Dilg, City
Attorney; Yibin Shen, Chief Deputy City Attorney; Heidi Von
Tongeln and Michael R. Cobden, Deputy City Attorneys; Santa
Monica City Attorney's Office, Santa Monica, California,
for Defendant-Appellee.
David
Salmons, Bryan Killian, and James Nelson, Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Chris Cox and
NetChoice.
Catherine R. Gellis, Esq., Sausalito, California, for Amicus
Curiae Floor64, Inc. d/b/a The Copia Institute.
Ian C.
Ballon and Lori Chang, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Los Angeles,
California, for Amici Curiae Ebay Inc., Glassdoor, Inc.,
Lyft, Inc., Offerup, Inc., Taskrabbit, Inc., Thumbtack, Inc.,
Uber Technologies, Inc., and Upwork, Inc.
Christi Hogin, Best Best & Krieger LLP, Manhattan Beach,
California, for Amici Curiae League of California Cities,
International Municipal Lawyers Association, and California
State Association of Counties.
Jeremy
B. Rosen, Eric S. Boorstin, and Ryan C. Chapman, Horvitz
& Levy LLP, Burbank, California; Michael T. Williams and
Allison R. Mclaughlin, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP,
Denver, Colorado; David C. Frederick, Brendan J. Crimmins,
and Rachel P. May, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel &
Frederick, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae
Apartment Investment and Management Company.
Heidi
Palutke, Sacramento, California, for Amicus Curiae California
Apartment Association.
Edward
M. Schulman, Ballston Tower, Arlington, Virginia, for Amicus
Curiae AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Gary
S. Kessler, Kulik Gottesman Siegel & Ware LLP, Sherman
Oaks, California, for Amicus Curiae Community Associations
Institute.
Abbey
R. Stemler and Matthew C. Turk, Indiana University Kelley
School of Business, Bloomington, Indiana; Jahan C. Sagafi and
Relic Sun, Outten & Golden LLP, San Francisco,
California; Peter Romer-Friedman, Outten & Golden LLP,
Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Internet, Business, and
Local Government Law Professors.
Richard G. McCracken and Paul L. More, McCracken, Stemerman
& Holsberry, LLP, San Francisco, California, for Amicus
Curiae UNITE HERE International Union.
Dennis
J. Herrera, San Francisco City Attorney; Christine Van Aken,
Chief of Appellate Litigation; Yvonne R. Meré, Chief
of Complex and Affirmative Litigation; Sara J. Eisenberg,
Deputy City Attorney; San Francisco, California for Amicus
Curiae City and County of San Francisco.
Karl
A. Racine, Attorney General for the District of Columbia,
Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae District of Columbia.
Andre
M. Davis, City Solicitor, City of Baltimore, Baltimore,
Maryland, for Amicus Curiae Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore.
Zach
Klein, Columbus City Attorney, Columbus, Ohio, for Amicus
Curiae City of Columbus.
Barbara J. Parker, Oakland City Attorney; Maria Bee, Special
Counsel; Erin Bernstein, Supervising Deputy City Attorney;
Oakland, California; for Amicus Curiae City of Oakland. Peter
S. Holmes, Seattle City Attorney, Seattle, Washington, for
Amicus Curiae City of Seattle.
Jill
E. Habig, Founder & President; Joanna Pearl, Legal
Director; Oakland, California; for Amicus Curiae Public
Rights Project, A Project of Tides Center.
Before: Mary M. Schroeder and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit
Judges, and Michael H. Simon, [*] District Judge.
SUMMARY
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Civil
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