VANZANT v. HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.

No. 17-3633.

934 F.3d 730 (2019)

Holly B. VANZANT and Dana Land, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC., and PetSmart, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen M. Carey , Attorney, FORDE LAW OFFICES LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Hannah Y.S. Chanoine , Attorney, O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, New York, NY, John C. Gekas , Attorney, SAUL EWING ARNSTEIN & LEHR LLP, Chicago, IL, Richard Blair Goetz , Attorney, O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Jonathan Hacker , Attorney, O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INCORPORATED.

John L. Litchfield , Attorney, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Chicago, IL, Eileen R. Ridley , Attorney, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee PETSMART, INC.

Brett Doran , Attorney, GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees MEDICAL MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL, INC., BLUEPEARL VET, LLC.

Before Flaum, Manion, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


Holly Vanzant and Dana Land own cats with health problems. Their veterinarians prescribed cat food manufactured by Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., and sold under Hill's "Prescription Diet" brand. For several years Vanzant and Land purchased this higher-priced cat food from their local PetSmart stores using their veterinarian's...

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