Olean Wholesale Grocery Co-op, et al v. Bumble Bee Foods LLC, et al

  1. August 24, 2020

    Don't Let Tuna Cos. Off Hook In Class Suit, 9th Circ. Urged

    Public advocacy groups are calling on the Ninth Circuit to deny two tuna companies' challenge to several certified classes in a vast price-fixing case, saying a lower court relied on a legally sound statistical model to determine who could claim injury.

  2. June 17, 2020

    Tuna Cos. Ask 9th Circ. To Undo Price-Fixing MDL Class Cert.

    Two of the world's largest tuna companies have urged the Ninth Circuit to undo class certification in a sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation over an alleged price-fixing scheme, claiming that the lower court certified classes that were "widely divergent" in the prices they paid and ignored a "key factual dispute" before granting certification.

  3. June 16, 2020

    9th Circ. Won't Pause Tuna Price-Fixing Case

    The Ninth Circuit has rejected an emergency plea from three of the world's biggest tuna companies to stop a price-fixing suit against them from proceeding while they challenge class certification.

  4. June 10, 2020

    Grocers Urge 9th Circ. Not To Pause Tuna Price-Fixing Case

    A food wholesaler has pressed the Ninth Circuit to reject a move by tuna producers to pause a price-fixing case while they appeal an order certifying buyers' classes, saying the producers can't show they will be harmed if the case proceeds.

  5. June 04, 2020

    Without Stay, Tuna Giants Say They Face Antitrust Pile-On

    The world's biggest tuna companies face "being pecked to death by ducks" if the Ninth Circuit doesn't stop a price-fixing suit against the three tuna giants from moving forward while they challenge class certification, they told the court.

  6. May 22, 2020

    9th Circ. Urged To Undo Buyers' Cert. In Tuna Antitrust Fight

    The Washington Legal Foundation is backing a petition by the country's three largest tuna producers to vacate the certification of a consumer price-fixing class, telling the Ninth Circuit that a district judge erroneously allowed three separate classes of buyers to "manufacture" claims that they all suffered the same injuries.

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