Pet food makers fending off a consumer class action lawsuit told the Supreme Court on Oct. 7 that a lower court ruling allowing the suit should be overturned.
The manufacturers say the consumers engaged in forum-shopping, a frowned upon practice in legal circles, in which litigants bring their case to the court they believe will render a favorable judgment.
At issue in Royal Canin U.S.A. Inc. v. Wullschleger is whether a federal district court still has authority to adjudicate the dispute even when the consumers struck out the federal legal issues they identified in the lawsuit after the case was transferred out of state court….