MOORE v. MARS PETCARE US, INC.

No. 18-15026.

966 F.3d 1007 (2020)

Tamara MOORE; Greta L. Ervin; Raff Arando; Nichols Smith; Renee Edgren; Cynthia Welton, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARS PETCARE US, INC.; Nestle Purina Petcare Company; Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.; Petsmart, Inc.; Medical Management International, Inc., dba Banfield Pet Hospital; Bluepearl Vet, LLC; Royal Canin USA Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael von Loewenfeldt (argued), Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP, San Francisco, California; Daniel R. Shulman , Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; Michael A. Kelly and Matthew D. Davis , Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger, San Francisco, California; Michael L. McGlamry and Wade H. Tomlinson III , Pope McGlamry P.C., Atlanta, Georgia; Edward J. Coyne III , Ward and Smith P.A., Wilmington, North Carolina; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jonathan D. Hacker (argued), Richard B. Goetz , Michael Tubach , and Hannah Y. Chanoine , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California; John E. Schmidtlein (argued), Benjamin M. Greenblum , and Xiao Wang , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey E. Faucette , Skaggs Faucette LLP, San Francisco, California; Bryan A. Merryman and Christopher M. Curran , White & Case LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Dissent by Judge RAWLINSON.


OPINION

This appeal arises out of a challenge by Tamara Moore and five other California residents (collectively "Plaintiffs") to the marketing of so-called prescription pet food under California's consumer protection laws and federal antitrust law.1 Plaintiffs brought a putative class action...

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