No. 00-15846. Argued and Submitted October 19, 2001. Filed January 11, 2002. Alan R. Berkowitz, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown Enersen, LLP, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Jeremiah A. Collins, Bredhoff Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-04831-CRB. Before: BEEZER, TROTT and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. BEEZER, Circuit