BELL v. PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.

Nos. 19-2581 & 19-2741.

982 F.3d 468 (2020)

Ann BELL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Ann Bell, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Albertson Companies, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Barnow , Attorney, Barnow & Associates, P.C., Chicago, IL, Leslie E. Hurst , Attorney, Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Joseph E. Collins , Attorney, Fox Rothschild LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Albertson Companies, Inc., Albertsons, LLC, SuperValu Incorporated, Publix Super Markets, Inc.

Francis Anthony Citera , Attorney, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Dean N. Panos , Attorney, Michael T. Brody , Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Kraft Heinz Company.

Joshua A. Glikin , Attorney, Bowie & Jensen, LLC, Towson, MD, for Defendants-Appellees Target Corporation, ICCO-Cheese Company, Inc.

Before Kanne and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


This case is about Parmesan cheese— specifically the kind sold in familiar shaker tubes in grocery stores across the country. The defendants sell these products with labels advertising them as "100% Grated Parmesan Cheese." The plaintiffs say these products are not 100 percent cheese, but rather contain between four...

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